C36000 Brass vs. C90900 Bronze
Both C36000 brass and C90900 bronze are copper alloys. They have 62% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C36000 brass and the bottom bar is C90900 bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 100 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 5.8 to 23 | |
| 15 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 39 | |
| 40 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 330 to 530 | |
| 280 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 140 to 260 | |
| 140 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 170 | |
| 190 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 120 | |
| 160 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 900 | |
| 980 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 890 | |
| 820 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 380 | |
| 360 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 120 | |
| 65 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 21 | |
| 18 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 26 | |
| 11 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 29 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 23 | |
| 36 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 8.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 3.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 45 | |
| 64 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 320 | |
| 410 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 25 to 62 | |
| 35 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 89 to 340 | |
| 89 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.0 | |
| 6.8 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 11 to 18 | |
| 8.8 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 13 to 18 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 37 | |
| 21 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 11 to 18 | |
| 10 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 60 to 63 | |
| 86 to 89 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 2.5 to 3.7 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 12 to 14 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 32.5 to 37.5 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |