C19500 Copper vs. C63200 Bronze
Both C19500 copper and C63200 bronze are copper alloys. They have 82% 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 C19500 copper and the bottom bar is C63200 bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.3 to 38 | |
| 17 to 18 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.34 |
| Rockwell B Hardness | 71 to 86 | |
| 88 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 44 | |
| 44 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 260 to 360 | |
| 390 to 440 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 380 to 640 | |
| 640 to 710 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 120 to 600 | |
| 310 to 350 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 210 | |
| 230 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 200 | |
| 230 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1090 | |
| 1060 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1090 | |
| 1040 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 440 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 200 | |
| 35 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 18 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 50 to 56 | |
| 7.0 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 50 to 57 | |
| 7.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 31 | |
| 29 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.9 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 3.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 42 | |
| 55 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 380 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 14 to 110 | |
| 95 to 99 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 59 to 1530 | |
| 400 to 510 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.3 | |
| 7.9 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 12 to 20 | |
| 21 to 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 13 to 18 | |
| 20 to 21 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 58 | |
| 9.6 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 23 | |
| 22 to 24 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 8.7 to 9.5 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0.3 to 1.3 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 94.9 to 98.6 | |
| 78.8 to 82.6 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 1.0 to 2.0 | |
| 3.5 to 4.3 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 1.2 to 2.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 4.0 to 4.8 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0.010 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0.1 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |