O60 C51900 Bronze vs. O60 C61500 Bronze
Both O60 C51900 bronze and O60 C61500 bronze are copper alloys. Both are furnished in the O60 (soft annealed) temper. They have a moderately high 90% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is O60 C51900 bronze and the bottom bar is O60 C61500 bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 110 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.34 |
| Rockwell Superficial 30T Hardness | 45 | |
| 42 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 42 | |
| 42 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 380 | |
| 480 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 200 | |
| 220 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 180 | |
| 220 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1040 | |
| 1040 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 930 | |
| 1030 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 380 | |
| 430 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 66 | |
| 58 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 18 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 14 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 33 | |
| 29 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.8 | |
| 8.4 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.2 | |
| 3.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 51 | |
| 52 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 360 | |
| 380 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 55 to 180 | |
| 200 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 680 to 1450 | |
| 100 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.0 | |
| 7.5 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 12 | |
| 16 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 13 | |
| 16 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 20 | |
| 16 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 | |
| 17 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 7.7 to 8.3 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 91.7 to 95 | |
| 89 to 90.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 1.8 to 2.2 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0.030 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 5.0 to 7.0 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |