C19500 Copper vs. C61300 Bronze
Both C19500 copper and C61300 bronze are copper alloys. They have a moderately high 92% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C19500 copper and the bottom bar is C61300 bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.3 to 38 | |
| 34 to 40 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 44 | |
| 43 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 260 to 360 | |
| 370 to 390 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 380 to 640 | |
| 550 to 580 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 120 to 600 | |
| 230 to 310 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 210 | |
| 220 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 200 | |
| 210 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1090 | |
| 1050 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1090 | |
| 1040 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 420 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 200 | |
| 55 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 18 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 50 to 56 | |
| 12 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 50 to 57 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 31 | |
| 29 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.9 | |
| 8.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 3.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 42 | |
| 49 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 370 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 14 to 110 | |
| 150 to 190 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 59 to 1530 | |
| 230 to 410 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.3 | |
| 7.5 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 12 to 20 | |
| 18 to 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 13 to 18 | |
| 18 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 58 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 23 | |
| 19 to 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 6.0 to 7.5 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0.3 to 1.3 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 94.9 to 98.6 | |
| 88 to 91.8 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 1.0 to 2.0 | |
| 2.0 to 3.0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0.010 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0.1 to 1.0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.5 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |