CC495K Bronze vs. CC484K Bronze
Both CC495K bronze and CC484K bronze are copper alloys. Both are furnished in the as-fabricated (no temper or treatment) condition. They have a moderately high 91% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is CC495K bronze and the bottom bar is CC484K bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 76 | |
| 100 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 100 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 7.0 | |
| 11 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.35 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 37 | |
| 41 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 240 | |
| 330 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 120 | |
| 200 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 180 | |
| 190 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 140 | |
| 170 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 930 | |
| 1000 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 820 | |
| 870 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 350 | |
| 370 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 48 | |
| 70 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 19 | |
| 18 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 10 | |
| 9.1 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 10 | |
| 9.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 33 | |
| 37 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 9.0 | |
| 8.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.6 | |
| 3.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 58 | |
| 64 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 400 | |
| 400 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 14 | |
| 32 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 68 | |
| 180 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 6.2 | |
| 6.9 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 17 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 7.3 | |
| 10 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 9.4 | |
| 12 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 15 | |
| 22 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 8.8 | |
| 12 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 76 to 82 | |
| 84.5 to 87.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 8.0 to 11 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 1.5 to 2.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0.050 to 0.4 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 9.0 to 11 | |
| 11 to 13 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |