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C16500 Copper vs. C67000 Bronze

Both C16500 copper and C67000 bronze are copper alloys. They have 66% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 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 C67000 bronze.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 110
110
Elongation at Break, % 1.5 to 53
5.6 to 11
Poisson's Ratio 0.34
0.31
Shear Modulus, GPa 43
42
Shear Strength, MPa 200 to 310
390 to 510
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 280 to 530
660 to 880
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 97 to 520
350 to 540

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 210
190
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 340
160
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1070
900
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1010
850
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 380
410
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 250
99
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
20

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 60
22
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 61
25

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 31
23
Density, g/cm3 8.9
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.6
2.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 42
49
Embodied Water, L/kg 320
350

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 7.8 to 110
43 to 62
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 41 to 1160
560 to 1290
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 7.1
7.8
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 18
20
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 8.6 to 17
23 to 31
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 11 to 16
21 to 26
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 74
30
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 9.8 to 19
21 to 29

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
3.0 to 6.0
Cadmium (Cd), % 0.6 to 1.0
0
Copper (Cu), % 97.8 to 98.9
63 to 68
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.020
2.0 to 4.0
Lead (Pb), % 0
0 to 0.2
Manganese (Mn), % 0
2.5 to 5.0
Tin (Sn), % 0.5 to 0.7
0 to 0.5
Zinc (Zn), % 0
21.8 to 32.5
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.5

Comparable Variants