Full-Hard (H04) C22600 Bronze
H04 C22600 bronze is C22600 bronze in the H04 (full hard) temper. The graph bars on the material properties cards below compare H04 C22600 bronze to: wrought bronzes (top), all copper alloys (middle), and the entire database (bottom). A full bar means this is the highest value in the relevant set. A half-full bar means it's 50% of the highest, and so on.
Mechanical Properties
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus
110 GPa 16 x 106 psi
Elongation at Break
5.9 %
Poisson's Ratio
0.33
Rockwell B Hardness
74
Rockwell Superficial 30T Hardness
70
Shear Modulus
42 GPa 6.1 x 106 psi
Shear Strength
260 MPa 38 x 103 psi
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS)
450 MPa 65 x 103 psi
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof)
420 MPa 60 x 103 psi
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion
200 J/g
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical
170 °C 350 °F
Melting Completion (Liquidus)
1040 °C 1900 °F
Melting Onset (Solidus)
1000 °C 1840 °F
Specific Heat Capacity
390 J/kg-K 0.092 BTU/lb-°F
Thermal Conductivity
170 W/m-K 100 BTU/h-ft-°F
Thermal Expansion
18 µm/m-K
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume
40 % IACS
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific)
42 % IACS
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price
28 % relative
Density
8.7 g/cm3 540 lb/ft3
Embodied Carbon
2.6 kg CO2/kg material
Embodied Energy
42 MJ/kg 18 x 103 BTU/lb
Embodied Water
310 L/kg 37 gal/lb
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work)
26 MJ/m3
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience)
770 kJ/m3
Stiffness to Weight: Axial
7.2 points
Stiffness to Weight: Bending
19 points
Strength to Weight: Axial
14 points
Strength to Weight: Bending
15 points
Thermal Diffusivity
52 mm2/s
Thermal Shock Resistance
15 points
Alloy Composition
| Cu | 86 to 89 | |
| Zn | 10.7 to 14 | |
| Fe | 0 to 0.050 | |
| Pb | 0 to 0.050 | |
| res. | 0 to 0.2 |
All values are % weight. Ranges represent what is permitted under applicable standards.
Followup Questions
Further Reading
ASTM B134: Standard Specification for Brass Wire
ASTM B36: Standard Specification for Brass Plate, Sheet, Strip, And Rolled Bar
ASM Specialty Handbook: Copper and Copper Alloys, J. R. Davis (editor), 2001
CRC Materials Science and Engineering Handbook, 4th ed., James F. Shackelford et al. (editors), 2015