C11000 Copper vs. C66100 Bronze
Both C11000 copper and C66100 bronze are copper alloys. They have a moderately high 95% 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 C11000 copper and the bottom bar is C66100 bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.5 to 50 | |
| 8.0 to 40 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 43 | |
| 43 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 150 to 230 | |
| 280 to 460 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 220 to 410 | |
| 410 to 790 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 69 to 390 | |
| 120 to 430 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 210 | |
| 260 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1080 | |
| 1050 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1070 | |
| 1000 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 400 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 390 | |
| 34 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 31 | |
| 29 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 9.0 | |
| 8.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 2.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 41 | |
| 42 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 300 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 6.1 to 91 | |
| 53 to 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 21 to 640 | |
| 60 to 790 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 | |
| 7.4 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 6.8 to 13 | |
| 13 to 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 9.0 to 14 | |
| 14 to 22 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 110 | |
| 9.7 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 8.0 to 15 | |
| 15 to 29 |
Alloy Composition
| Copper (Cu), % | 99.9 to 100 | |
| 92 to 97 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 2.8 to 3.5 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |