C68800 Brass vs. C65400 Bronze
Both C68800 brass and C65400 bronze are copper alloys. They have 74% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C68800 brass and the bottom bar is C65400 bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.0 to 36 | |
| 2.6 to 47 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.34 |
| Rockwell B Hardness | 81 to 99 | |
| 82 to 120 |
| Rockwell Superficial 30T Hardness | 71 to 83 | |
| 71 to 92 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 41 | |
| 43 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 380 to 510 | |
| 350 to 530 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 570 to 890 | |
| 500 to 1060 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 390 to 790 | |
| 170 to 910 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 190 | |
| 260 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 160 | |
| 200 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 960 | |
| 1020 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 950 | |
| 960 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 400 | |
| 400 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 40 | |
| 36 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 19 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 18 | |
| 7.0 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 20 | |
| 7.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 26 | |
| 31 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 8.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.8 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 48 | |
| 45 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 350 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 16 to 180 | |
| 10 to 480 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 710 to 2860 | |
| 130 to 3640 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.3 | |
| 7.3 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 19 to 30 | |
| 16 to 34 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 to 25 | |
| 16 to 27 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 12 | |
| 10 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 to 30 | |
| 18 to 39 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 3.0 to 3.8 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0.010 to 0.12 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0.25 to 0.55 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 70.8 to 75.5 | |
| 93.8 to 96.1 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 2.7 to 3.4 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 1.2 to 1.9 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 21.3 to 24.1 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |