C41300 Brass vs. C51100 Bronze
Both C41300 brass and C51100 bronze are copper alloys. They have a moderately high 92% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C41300 brass and the bottom bar is C51100 bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.0 to 44 | |
| 2.5 to 50 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.34 |
| Rockwell B Hardness | 53 to 88 | |
| 67 to 93 |
| Rockwell Superficial 30T Hardness | 20 to 77 | |
| 33 to 79 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 42 | |
| 42 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 230 to 370 | |
| 230 to 410 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 300 to 630 | |
| 330 to 720 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 120 to 570 | |
| 93 to 700 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 180 | |
| 190 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1040 | |
| 1060 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1010 | |
| 970 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 380 | |
| 380 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 130 | |
| 84 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 18 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 30 | |
| 20 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 31 | |
| 20 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 29 | |
| 32 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.7 | |
| 8.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 3.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 44 | |
| 48 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 320 | |
| 340 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 11 to 110 | |
| 18 to 140 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 69 to 1440 | |
| 38 to 2170 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 | |
| 7.1 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 9.6 to 20 | |
| 10 to 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 11 to 19 | |
| 12 to 20 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 40 | |
| 25 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 11 to 22 | |
| 12 to 26 |
Alloy Composition
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| Copper (Cu), % | 89 to 93 | |
| 93.8 to 96.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0.030 to 0.35 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0.7 to 1.3 | |
| 3.5 to 4.9 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 5.1 to 10.3 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |