C15500 Copper vs. C91600 Bronze
Both C15500 copper and C91600 bronze are copper alloys. They have 88% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C15500 copper and the bottom bar is C91600 bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
110 |
Elongation at Break, % | 3.0 to 37 | |
11 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
0.34 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 43 | |
41 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 280 to 550 | |
310 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 130 to 530 | |
160 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 210 | |
190 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 200 | |
170 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1080 | |
1030 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1080 | |
860 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
370 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 350 | |
71 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
18 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 90 | |
10 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 91 | |
10 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 33 | |
36 |
Density, g/cm3 | 8.9 | |
8.8 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
3.7 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 42 | |
61 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 360 | |
390 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 15 to 84 | |
30 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 72 to 1210 | |
120 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 | |
7.0 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
18 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 8.6 to 17 | |
9.9 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 11 to 17 | |
12 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 100 | |
22 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 9.8 to 20 | |
11 |
Alloy Composition
Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.0050 |
Antimony (Sb), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.2 |
Copper (Cu), % | 99.75 to 99.853 | |
85.9 to 89.1 |
Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.2 |
Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.25 |
Magnesium (Mg), % | 0.080 to 0.13 | |
0 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
1.2 to 2.0 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0.040 to 0.080 | |
0 to 0.3 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.0050 |
Silver (Ag), % | 0.027 to 0.1 | |
0 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.050 |
Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
9.7 to 10.8 |
Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.25 |
Residuals, % | 0 to 0.2 | |
0 |