C52100 Bronze vs. C46500 Brass
Both C52100 bronze and C46500 brass are copper alloys. They have 62% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C52100 bronze and the bottom bar is C46500 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 100 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.31 |
| Rockwell B Hardness | 45 to 100 | |
| 55 to 95 |
| Rockwell Superficial 30T Hardness | 48 to 82 | |
| 55 to 68 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 41 | |
| 40 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 380 to 800 | |
| 380 to 610 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 200 | |
| 170 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 180 | |
| 120 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1030 | |
| 900 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 880 | |
| 890 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 370 | |
| 380 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 62 | |
| 120 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 21 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 13 | |
| 26 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 13 | |
| 29 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 34 | |
| 23 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.8 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.4 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 55 | |
| 47 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 370 | |
| 330 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.0 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 12 to 25 | |
| 13 to 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 13 to 22 | |
| 15 to 20 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 19 | |
| 38 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 28 | |
| 13 to 20 |
Alloy Composition
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| Arsenic (As), % | 0 | |
| 0.020 to 0.060 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 89.8 to 93 | |
| 59 to 62 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0.030 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 7.0 to 9.0 | |
| 0.5 to 1.0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 36.2 to 40.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |