C12000 Copper vs. C61500 Bronze
Both C12000 copper and C61500 bronze are copper alloys. They have 90% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C12000 copper and the bottom bar is C61500 bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.8 to 50 | |
| 3.0 to 55 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.34 |
| Rockwell Superficial 30T Hardness | 27 to 70 | |
| 42 to 85 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 43 | |
| 42 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 160 to 240 | |
| 350 to 550 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 230 to 410 | |
| 480 to 970 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 77 to 400 | |
| 150 to 720 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 210 | |
| 220 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 200 | |
| 220 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1080 | |
| 1040 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1080 | |
| 1030 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 430 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 390 | |
| 58 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 18 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 98 | |
| 13 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 98 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 31 | |
| 29 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 9.0 | |
| 8.4 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 3.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 41 | |
| 52 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 380 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 10 to 91 | |
| 27 to 200 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 25 to 690 | |
| 100 to 2310 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 | |
| 7.5 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 to 13 | |
| 16 to 32 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 9.4 to 14 | |
| 16 to 26 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 110 | |
| 16 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 8.2 to 15 | |
| 17 to 34 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 7.7 to 8.3 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 99.9 to 99.996 | |
| 89 to 90.5 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 1.8 to 2.2 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0.0040 to 0.012 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |