C42500 Brass vs. C67000 Bronze
Both C42500 brass and C67000 bronze are copper alloys. They have 75% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 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 C42500 brass and the bottom bar is C67000 bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.0 to 49 | |
| 5.6 to 11 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.31 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 42 | |
| 42 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 220 to 360 | |
| 390 to 510 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 310 to 630 | |
| 660 to 880 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 120 to 590 | |
| 350 to 540 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 180 | |
| 160 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1030 | |
| 900 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1010 | |
| 850 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 380 | |
| 410 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 120 | |
| 99 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 20 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 28 | |
| 22 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 29 | |
| 25 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 30 | |
| 23 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.7 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.8 | |
| 2.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 46 | |
| 49 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 330 | |
| 350 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 12 to 130 | |
| 43 to 62 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 64 to 1570 | |
| 560 to 1290 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.1 | |
| 7.8 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 9.9 to 20 | |
| 23 to 31 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 12 to 19 | |
| 21 to 26 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 36 | |
| 30 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 11 to 22 | |
| 21 to 29 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 3.0 to 6.0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 87 to 90 | |
| 63 to 68 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 2.0 to 4.0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 2.5 to 5.0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 1.5 to 3.0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 6.1 to 11.5 | |
| 21.8 to 32.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |