C16500 Copper vs. C22600 Bronze
Both C16500 copper and C22600 bronze are copper alloys. They have 88% 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 C16500 copper and the bottom bar is C22600 bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.5 to 53 | |
| 2.5 to 33 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.33 |
| Rockwell Superficial 30T Hardness | 67 to 73 | |
| 51 to 77 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 43 | |
| 42 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 200 to 310 | |
| 220 to 320 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 280 to 530 | |
| 330 to 570 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 97 to 520 | |
| 270 to 490 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 210 | |
| 200 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 340 | |
| 170 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1070 | |
| 1040 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1010 | |
| 1000 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 380 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 250 | |
| 170 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 18 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 60 | |
| 40 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 61 | |
| 42 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 31 | |
| 28 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.9 | |
| 8.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 2.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 42 | |
| 42 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 320 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 7.8 to 110 | |
| 14 to 100 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 41 to 1160 | |
| 330 to 1070 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.1 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 8.6 to 17 | |
| 11 to 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 11 to 16 | |
| 12 to 18 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 74 | |
| 52 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 9.8 to 19 | |
| 11 to 19 |
Alloy Composition
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0.6 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 97.8 to 98.9 | |
| 86 to 89 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0.5 to 0.7 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 10.7 to 14 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |