C17000 Copper vs. C99600 Bronze
Both C17000 copper and C99600 bronze are copper alloys. They have 56% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 23 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C17000 copper and the bottom bar is C99600 bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 150 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.1 to 31 | |
| 27 to 34 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 45 | |
| 56 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 490 to 1310 | |
| 560 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 160 to 1140 | |
| 250 to 300 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 230 | |
| 240 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 270 | |
| 200 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 980 | |
| 1100 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 870 | |
| 1050 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 440 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 19 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.8 | |
| 8.1 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.7 | |
| 3.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 140 | |
| 51 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 300 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 4.2 to 390 | |
| 130 to 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 110 to 5420 | |
| 210 to 310 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.6 | |
| 10 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 15 to 41 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 16 to 30 | |
| 19 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 to 45 | |
| 14 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 1.0 to 2.8 |
| Beryllium (Be), % | 1.6 to 1.8 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 96.3 to 98.2 | |
| 50.8 to 60 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 39 to 45 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0.2 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |