C63000 Bronze vs. C46200 Brass
Both C63000 bronze and C46200 brass are copper alloys. They have 64% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 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 C63000 bronze and the bottom bar is C46200 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 100 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 7.9 to 15 | |
| 17 to 34 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.31 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 44 | |
| 40 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 400 to 470 | |
| 240 to 290 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 660 to 790 | |
| 370 to 480 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 330 to 390 | |
| 120 to 290 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 230 | |
| 170 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 230 | |
| 120 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1050 | |
| 840 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1040 | |
| 800 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 440 | |
| 380 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 39 | |
| 110 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 20 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 29 | |
| 24 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 8.1 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.5 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 57 | |
| 46 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 390 | |
| 330 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 47 to 82 | |
| 69 to 100 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 470 to 640 | |
| 72 to 400 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.9 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 26 | |
| 13 to 16 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 23 | |
| 14 to 17 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 11 | |
| 35 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 to 27 | |
| 12 to 16 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 9.0 to 11 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 76.8 to 85 | |
| 62 to 65 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 2.0 to 4.0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 4.0 to 5.5 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0.5 to 1.0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 33.3 to 37.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |