Monel K-500 vs. C99600 Bronze
Monel K-500 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while C99600 bronze belongs to the copper alloys. They have a modest 33% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 24 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 Monel K-500 and the bottom bar is C99600 bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 160 | |
| 150 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 25 to 36 | |
| 27 to 34 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 61 | |
| 56 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 640 to 1100 | |
| 560 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 310 to 880 | |
| 250 to 300 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 240 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 900 | |
| 200 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1350 | |
| 1100 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1320 | |
| 1050 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 440 | |
| 440 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
| 19 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 50 | |
| 22 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.7 | |
| 8.1 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.1 | |
| 3.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 120 | |
| 51 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 280 | |
| 300 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 180 to 260 | |
| 130 to 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 300 to 2420 | |
| 210 to 310 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 10 | |
| 10 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
| 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 35 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 to 27 | |
| 19 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 to 36 | |
| 14 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 2.3 to 3.2 | |
| 1.0 to 2.8 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.18 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 27 to 33 | |
| 50.8 to 60 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 39 to 45 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 63 to 70.4 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.35 to 0.85 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |