C94400 Bronze vs. CC761S Brass
Both C94400 bronze and CC761S brass are copper alloys. Both are furnished in the as-fabricated (no temper or treatment) condition. They have 82% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C94400 bronze and the bottom bar is CC761S brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 55 | |
| 150 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 100 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 18 | |
| 8.7 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.35 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 37 | |
| 42 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 220 | |
| 540 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 110 | |
| 340 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 180 | |
| 260 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 150 | |
| 170 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 940 | |
| 960 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 790 | |
| 910 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 350 | |
| 410 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 52 | |
| 27 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 19 | |
| 18 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 10 | |
| 40 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 9.9 | |
| 43 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 32 | |
| 27 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 9.1 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.4 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 54 | |
| 45 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 390 | |
| 300 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 33 | |
| 41 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 60 | |
| 530 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 6.1 | |
| 7.4 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 17 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 6.8 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 9.0 | |
| 18 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 17 | |
| 8.0 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 8.3 | |
| 19 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 to 0.8 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 76.1 to 84 | |
| 78 to 83 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 9.0 to 12 | |
| 0 to 0.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 3.0 to 5.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 7.0 to 9.0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.8 | |
| 8.9 to 19 |