H08 C52100 Bronze vs. H08 C77000 Nickel Silver
Both H08 C52100 bronze and H08 C77000 nickel silver are copper alloys. Both are furnished in the H08 (spring) temper. They have 55% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is H08 C52100 bronze and the bottom bar is H08 C77000 nickel silver.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 3.0 | |
| 2.5 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.31 |
| Rockwell B Hardness | 98 | |
| 99 |
| Rockwell Superficial 30T Hardness | 81 | |
| 90 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 41 | |
| 46 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 440 | |
| 460 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 770 | |
| 800 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 180 | |
| 180 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1030 | |
| 1050 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 880 | |
| 1000 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 370 | |
| 400 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 62 | |
| 29 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 13 | |
| 5.5 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 13 | |
| 6.0 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 34 | |
| 31 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.8 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.4 | |
| 4.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 55 | |
| 63 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 370 | |
| 300 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.0 | |
| 8.1 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 | |
| 27 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
| 23 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 19 | |
| 8.8 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 27 | |
| 28 |
Alloy Composition
| Copper (Cu), % | 89.8 to 93 | |
| 53.5 to 56.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 16.5 to 19.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0.030 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 7.0 to 9.0 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 22.7 to 30 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |