MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

EN AC-45000 Aluminum vs. C87200 Bronze

EN AC-45000 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while C87200 bronze belongs to the copper alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, in this case) are not shown. Please note that the two materials have significantly dissimilar densities. This means that additional care is required when interpreting the data, because some material properties are based on units of mass, while others are based on units of area or volume.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN AC-45000 aluminum and the bottom bar is C87200 bronze.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 77
85
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 73
110
Elongation at Break, % 1.1
30
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.34
Shear Modulus, GPa 27
43
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 180
380
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 110
170

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 470
260
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 180
200
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 640
970
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 520
860
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 870
410
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 120
28
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 22
17

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 27
6.0
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 81
6.3

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 11
29
Density, g/cm3 3.0
8.6
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 7.7
2.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 140
44
Embodied Water, L/kg 1070
310

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 1.7
93
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 80
130
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
7.4
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 47
19
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 17
12
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 24
14
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 47
8.0
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 8.0
14

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 82.2 to 91.8
0 to 1.5
Chromium (Cr), % 0 to 0.15
0
Copper (Cu), % 3.0 to 5.0
89 to 99
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 2.5
Lead (Pb), % 0 to 0.3
0 to 0.5
Magnesium (Mg), % 0 to 0.55
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0.2 to 0.65
0 to 1.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.45
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.5
Silicon (Si), % 5.0 to 7.0
1.0 to 5.0
Tin (Sn), % 0 to 0.15
0 to 1.0
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.25
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 5.0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.35
0