C16500 Copper vs. C50100 Bronze
Both C16500 copper and C50100 bronze are copper alloys. Their average alloy composition is basically identical.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C16500 copper and the bottom bar is C50100 bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.5 to 53 | |
| 40 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.34 |
| Rockwell Superficial 30T Hardness | 67 to 73 | |
| 35 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 43 | |
| 43 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 200 to 310 | |
| 180 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 280 to 530 | |
| 270 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 97 to 520 | |
| 82 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 210 | |
| 210 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 340 | |
| 200 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1070 | |
| 1080 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1010 | |
| 1070 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 380 | |
| 380 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 250 | |
| 230 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 60 | |
| 55 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 61 | |
| 55 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 31 | |
| 31 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.9 | |
| 8.9 |
| 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 | |
| 82 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 41 to 1160 | |
| 29 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.1 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 8.6 to 17 | |
| 8.3 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 11 to 16 | |
| 10 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 74 | |
| 66 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 9.8 to 19 | |
| 9.5 |
Alloy Composition
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0.6 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 97.8 to 98.9 | |
| 98.6 to 99.49 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0.010 to 0.050 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0.5 to 0.7 | |
| 0.5 to 0.8 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |