C83300 Brass vs. C95520 Bronze
Both C83300 brass and C95520 bronze are copper alloys. They have 78% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C83300 brass and the bottom bar is C95520 bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 35 | |
| 280 | 
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 120 | 
| Elongation at Break, % | 35 | |
| 2.6 | 
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.33 | 
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 42 | |
| 44 | 
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 220 | |
| 970 | 
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 69 | |
| 530 | 
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 200 | |
| 240 | 
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 180 | |
| 240 | 
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1060 | |
| 1070 | 
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1030 | |
| 1020 | 
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 380 | |
| 450 | 
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 160 | |
| 40 | 
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 18 | 
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 32 | |
| 11 | 
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 33 | |
| 12 | 
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 30 | |
| 29 | 
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.8 | |
| 8.2 | 
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 3.6 | 
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 44 | |
| 58 | 
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 320 | |
| 390 | 
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 60 | |
| 21 | 
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 21 | |
| 1210 | 
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.0 | |
| 8.0 | 
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 20 | 
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 6.9 | |
| 33 | 
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 9.2 | |
| 27 | 
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 48 | |
| 11 | 
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 7.9 | |
| 33 | 
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 10.5 to 11.5 | 
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 | 
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 | 
| Copper (Cu), % | 92 to 94 | |
| 74.5 to 81.3 | 
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
| 4.0 to 5.5 | 
| Lead (Pb), % | 1.0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 | 
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.5 | 
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 4.2 to 6.0 | 
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 | 
| Tin (Sn), % | 1.0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 | 
| Zinc (Zn), % | 2.0 to 6.0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 | 
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |