CC330G Bronze vs. CC498K Bronze
Both CC330G bronze and CC498K bronze are copper alloys. Both are furnished in the as-fabricated (no temper or treatment) condition. They have 89% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is CC330G bronze and the bottom bar is CC498K bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 110 | |
| 78 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 20 | |
| 14 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 42 | |
| 41 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 530 | |
| 260 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 190 | |
| 130 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 230 | |
| 190 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 220 | |
| 170 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1050 | |
| 1000 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1000 | |
| 920 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 430 | |
| 370 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 62 | |
| 73 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 18 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 14 | |
| 10 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 15 | |
| 10 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 29 | |
| 32 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.4 | |
| 8.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.2 | |
| 3.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 52 | |
| 52 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 390 | |
| 360 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 82 | |
| 30 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 170 | |
| 72 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.5 | |
| 6.9 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 | |
| 8.1 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 | |
| 10 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 17 | |
| 22 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 | |
| 9.3 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 8.0 to 10.5 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 87 to 92 | |
| 85 to 90 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 1.2 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 1.0 to 2.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 5.5 to 6.5 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 3.0 to 5.0 |