MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

C52400 Bronze vs. C38000 Brass

Both C52400 bronze and C38000 brass are copper alloys. They have 58% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 22 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is C52400 bronze and the bottom bar is C38000 brass.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 110
100
Poisson's Ratio 0.34
0.31
Shear Modulus, GPa 41
39
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 450 to 880
380

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 190
170
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 170
110
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1000
800
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 840
760
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 370
380
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 50
110
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 18
21

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 35
22
Density, g/cm3 8.8
8.0
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.6
2.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 58
46
Embodied Water, L/kg 390
330

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 6.9
7.1
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 18
19
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 14 to 28
13
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 15 to 23
14
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 15
37
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 17 to 32
13

Alloy Composition


Deprecated: Automatic conversion of false to array is deprecated in /home/public/compare.php on line 452
Aluminum (Al), % 0
0 to 0.5
Copper (Cu), % 87.8 to 91
55 to 60
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 0.35
Lead (Pb), % 0 to 0.050
1.5 to 2.5
Phosphorus (P), % 0.030 to 0.35
0
Tin (Sn), % 9.0 to 11
0 to 0.3
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.2
35.9 to 43.5
Residuals, % 0 to 0.5
0 to 0.5