CC212E Bronze vs. AWS E2595
CC212E bronze belongs to the copper alloys classification, while AWS E2595 belongs to the iron alloys. There are 22 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is CC212E bronze and the bottom bar is AWS E2595.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 130 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 20 | |
| 17 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.27 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 47 | |
| 80 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 710 | |
| 850 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 230 | |
| 300 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1080 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1020 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 440 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 14 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 3.0 | |
| 2.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.3 | |
| 2.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 27 | |
| 23 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.4 | |
| 4.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 55 | |
| 61 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 370 | |
| 190 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 8.5 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 | |
| 30 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
| 25 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 22 | |
| 21 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 7.0 to 9.0 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 24 to 27 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 68 to 77 | |
| 0.4 to 1.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 2.0 to 4.0 | |
| 51.4 to 64.5 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 8.0 to 15 | |
| 0 to 2.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 2.5 to 4.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.5 to 4.5 | |
| 8.0 to 10.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.3 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 1.2 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 0.4 to 1.0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |