C83300 Brass vs. C94500 Bronze
Both C83300 brass and C94500 bronze are copper alloys. Both are furnished in the as-fabricated (no temper or treatment) condition. They have 76% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C83300 brass and the bottom bar is C94500 bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 35 | |
| 50 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 92 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 35 | |
| 12 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.36 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 42 | |
| 34 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 220 | |
| 170 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 69 | |
| 83 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 200 | |
| 160 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 180 | |
| 130 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1060 | |
| 940 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1030 | |
| 800 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 380 | |
| 330 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 160 | |
| 52 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 20 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 32 | |
| 10 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 33 | |
| 9.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 30 | |
| 30 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.8 | |
| 9.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 3.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 44 | |
| 51 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 320 | |
| 380 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 60 | |
| 17 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 21 | |
| 37 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.0 | |
| 5.5 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 16 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 6.9 | |
| 5.2 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 9.2 | |
| 7.4 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 48 | |
| 17 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 7.9 | |
| 6.7 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.8 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 92 to 94 | |
| 66.7 to 78 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 1.0 to 2.0 | |
| 16 to 22 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 1.0 to 2.0 | |
| 6.0 to 8.0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 2.0 to 6.0 | |
| 0 to 1.2 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.7 | |
| 0 |