CR011A Copper vs. C93800 Bronze
Both CR011A copper and C93800 bronze are copper alloys. Both are furnished in the as-fabricated (no temper or treatment) condition. They have 77% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is CR011A copper and the bottom bar is C93800 bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 96 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 15 | |
| 9.7 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.35 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 43 | |
| 35 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 220 | |
| 200 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 130 | |
| 120 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 210 | |
| 170 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 200 | |
| 140 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1090 | |
| 940 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1040 | |
| 850 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 340 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 390 | |
| 52 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 19 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 100 | |
| 11 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 100 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 32 | |
| 31 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 9.0 | |
| 9.1 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 3.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 42 | |
| 51 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 340 | |
| 380 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 29 | |
| 17 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 76 | |
| 70 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 | |
| 5.9 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 17 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 6.8 | |
| 6.1 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 9.0 | |
| 8.4 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 110 | |
| 17 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 7.8 | |
| 8.1 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.8 |
| Bismuth (Bi), % | 0 to 0.00050 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 99.88 to 99.97 | |
| 75 to 79 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 13 to 16 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 0.030 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 6.3 to 7.5 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.8 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |