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C16500 Copper vs. C51000 Bronze

Both C16500 copper and C51000 bronze are copper alloys. They have a very high 95% 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 C51000 bronze.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 110
110
Elongation at Break, % 1.5 to 53
2.7 to 64
Poisson's Ratio 0.34
0.34
Rockwell Superficial 30T Hardness 67 to 73
42 to 80
Shear Modulus, GPa 43
42
Shear Strength, MPa 200 to 310
250 to 460
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 280 to 530
330 to 780
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 97 to 520
130 to 750

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 210
200
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 340
190
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1070
1050
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1010
960
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 380
380
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 250
77
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
18

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 60
18
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 61
18

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 31
33
Density, g/cm3 8.9
8.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.6
3.1
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 42
50
Embodied Water, L/kg 320
350

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 7.8 to 110
7.0 to 490
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 41 to 1160
75 to 2490
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 7.1
7.0
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 18
18
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 8.6 to 17
10 to 25
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 11 to 16
12 to 21
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 74
23
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 9.8 to 19
12 to 28

Alloy Composition

Cadmium (Cd), % 0.6 to 1.0
0
Copper (Cu), % 97.8 to 98.9
92.9 to 95.5
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.020
0 to 0.1
Lead (Pb), % 0
0 to 0.050
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0.030 to 0.35
Tin (Sn), % 0.5 to 0.7
4.5 to 5.8
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.3
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.5

Comparable Variants