As-cast C82500 Copper vs. As-cast C99600 Bronze
Both as-cast C82500 copper and as-cast C99600 bronze are copper alloys. Both are furnished in the as-fabricated (no temper or treatment) condition. They have 56% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is as-cast C82500 copper and the bottom bar is as-cast C99600 bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 150 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 20 | |
| 34 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.34 |
| Rockwell B Hardness | 82 | |
| 72 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 45 | |
| 56 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 550 | |
| 560 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 310 | |
| 250 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 240 | |
| 240 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 280 | |
| 200 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 980 | |
| 1100 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 860 | |
| 1050 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 440 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 19 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.8 | |
| 8.1 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 10 | |
| 3.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 160 | |
| 51 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 300 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 94 | |
| 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 400 | |
| 210 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.7 | |
| 10 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 | |
| 19 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 | |
| 14 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 1.0 to 2.8 |
| Beryllium (Be), % | 1.9 to 2.3 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0.15 to 0.7 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 95.3 to 97.8 | |
| 50.8 to 60 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 39 to 45 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.2 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.12 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |