C37700 Brass vs. C67300 Bronze
Both C37700 brass and C67300 bronze are copper alloys. They have a moderately high 95% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C37700 brass and the bottom bar is C67300 bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 100 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 40 | |
| 12 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.31 |
| Rockwell B Hardness | 45 | |
| 91 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 39 | |
| 41 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 270 | |
| 300 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 400 | |
| 500 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 160 | |
| 340 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 170 | |
| 190 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 120 | |
| 130 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 890 | |
| 870 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 880 | |
| 830 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 380 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 120 | |
| 95 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 21 | |
| 20 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 27 | |
| 22 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 30 | |
| 25 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 23 | |
| 23 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.1 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 45 | |
| 46 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 320 | |
| 320 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 130 | |
| 55 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 120 | |
| 550 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.1 | |
| 7.4 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 17 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 15 | |
| 17 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 39 | |
| 30 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 | |
| 16 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 58 to 61 | |
| 58 to 63 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 1.5 to 2.5 | |
| 0.4 to 3.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 2.0 to 3.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 1.5 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 35.7 to 40.5 | |
| 27.2 to 39.1 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |