C67400 Bronze vs. C46500 Brass
Both C67400 bronze and C46500 brass are copper alloys. They have a moderately high 95% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C67400 bronze and the bottom bar is C46500 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 100 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 22 to 28 | |
| 18 to 50 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.31 |
| Rockwell B Hardness | 78 to 85 | |
| 55 to 95 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 41 | |
| 40 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 310 to 350 | |
| 280 to 380 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 480 to 610 | |
| 380 to 610 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 250 to 370 | |
| 190 to 490 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 190 | |
| 170 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 130 | |
| 120 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 890 | |
| 900 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 870 | |
| 890 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 400 | |
| 380 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 100 | |
| 120 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 21 | |
| 21 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 23 | |
| 26 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 26 | |
| 29 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 23 | |
| 23 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.8 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 48 | |
| 47 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 330 | |
| 330 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 120 | |
| 99 to 160 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 300 to 660 | |
| 170 to 1170 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.5 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 17 to 22 | |
| 13 to 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 to 20 | |
| 15 to 20 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 32 | |
| 38 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 20 | |
| 13 to 20 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.5 to 2.0 | |
| 0 |
| Arsenic (As), % | 0 | |
| 0.020 to 0.060 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 57 to 60 | |
| 59 to 62 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 2.0 to 3.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.5 to 1.5 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0.5 to 1.0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 31.1 to 40 | |
| 36.2 to 40.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |