C15100 Copper vs. C65500 Bronze
Both C15100 copper and C65500 bronze are copper alloys. They have a moderately high 94% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C15100 copper and the bottom bar is C65500 bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.0 to 36 | |
| 4.0 to 70 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.34 |
| Rockwell B Hardness | 30 to 64 | |
| 62 to 97 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 43 | |
| 43 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 170 to 270 | |
| 260 to 440 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 260 to 470 | |
| 360 to 760 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 69 to 460 | |
| 120 to 430 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 210 | |
| 260 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1100 | |
| 1030 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1030 | |
| 970 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 400 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 360 | |
| 36 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 18 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 95 | |
| 7.0 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 95 | |
| 7.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 31 | |
| 29 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 9.0 | |
| 8.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 43 | |
| 42 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 300 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 9.3 to 71 | |
| 11 to 450 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 21 to 890 | |
| 62 to 790 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 | |
| 7.5 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 8.1 to 15 | |
| 12 to 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 10 to 15 | |
| 13 to 21 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 100 | |
| 10 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 9.3 to 17 | |
| 12 to 26 |
Alloy Composition
| Copper (Cu), % | 99.8 to 99.95 | |
| 91.5 to 96.7 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.8 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 1.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 2.8 to 3.8 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0.050 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |