OS035 C65100 Bronze vs. OS035 C77000 Nickel Silver
Both OS035 C65100 bronze and OS035 C77000 nickel silver are copper alloys. Both are furnished in the OS035 (annealed to 0.035mm grain size) temper. They have 56% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is OS035 C65100 bronze and the bottom bar is OS035 C77000 nickel silver.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 50 | |
| 40 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.31 |
| Rockwell F Hardness | 55 | |
| 87 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 43 | |
| 46 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 200 | |
| 280 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 280 | |
| 420 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 110 | |
| 190 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 230 | |
| 200 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 200 | |
| 180 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1060 | |
| 1050 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1030 | |
| 1000 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 400 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 57 | |
| 29 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 12 | |
| 5.5 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 12 | |
| 6.0 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 30 | |
| 31 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.8 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 4.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 41 | |
| 63 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 300 | |
| 300 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 | |
| 140 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 48 | |
| 140 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.3 | |
| 8.1 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 8.7 | |
| 14 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 11 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 16 | |
| 8.8 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 9.5 | |
| 15 |
Alloy Composition
| Copper (Cu), % | 94.5 to 99.2 | |
| 53.5 to 56.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.8 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.7 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 16.5 to 19.5 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.8 to 2.0 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 22.7 to 30 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |