C19400 Copper vs. C61500 Bronze
Both C19400 copper and C61500 bronze are copper alloys. They have 90% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C19400 copper and the bottom bar is C61500 bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.3 to 37 | |
| 3.0 to 55 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.34 |
| Rockwell Superficial 30T Hardness | 59 to 78 | |
| 42 to 85 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 44 | |
| 42 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 210 to 300 | |
| 350 to 550 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 310 to 630 | |
| 480 to 970 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 98 to 520 | |
| 150 to 720 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 210 | |
| 220 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 200 | |
| 220 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1090 | |
| 1040 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1080 | |
| 1030 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 430 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 260 | |
| 58 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 18 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 58 to 68 | |
| 13 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 58 to 69 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 30 | |
| 29 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.9 | |
| 8.4 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 3.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 40 | |
| 52 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 300 | |
| 380 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 5.5 to 220 | |
| 27 to 200 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 41 to 1140 | |
| 100 to 2310 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.3 | |
| 7.5 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 9.7 to 20 | |
| 16 to 32 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 11 to 18 | |
| 16 to 26 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 75 | |
| 16 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 11 to 22 | |
| 17 to 34 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 7.7 to 8.3 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 96.8 to 97.8 | |
| 89 to 90.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 2.1 to 2.6 | |
| 0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 1.8 to 2.2 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0.015 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0.050 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |