CC331G Bronze vs. C91600 Bronze
Both CC331G bronze and C91600 bronze are copper alloys. Both are furnished in the as-fabricated (no temper or treatment) condition. They have 86% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is CC331G bronze and the bottom bar is C91600 bronze.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 140 | |
| 84 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 20 | |
| 11 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 43 | |
| 41 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 620 | |
| 310 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 240 | |
| 160 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 230 | |
| 190 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 220 | |
| 170 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1060 | |
| 1030 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1000 | |
| 860 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 440 | |
| 370 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 61 | |
| 71 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 18 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 13 | |
| 10 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 14 | |
| 10 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 28 | |
| 36 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.3 | |
| 8.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.2 | |
| 3.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 53 | |
| 61 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 390 | |
| 390 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 97 | |
| 30 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 250 | |
| 120 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.6 | |
| 7.0 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 | |
| 9.9 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 12 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 17 | |
| 22 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 22 | |
| 11 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 8.5 to 10.5 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 83 to 86.5 | |
| 85.9 to 89.1 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 1.5 to 3.5 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 1.2 to 2.0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 9.7 to 10.8 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |