C31400 Bronze vs. C77100 Nickel Silver
Both C31400 bronze and C77100 nickel silver are copper alloys. They have 63% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C31400 bronze and the bottom bar is C77100 nickel silver.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 110 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.31 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 42 | |
| 45 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 270 to 420 | |
| 600 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 78 to 310 | |
| 540 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 200 | |
| 180 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 180 | |
| 150 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1040 | |
| 990 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1010 | |
| 950 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 380 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 180 | |
| 40 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 20 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 42 | |
| 7.6 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 43 | |
| 8.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 29 | |
| 27 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.8 | |
| 8.1 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 3.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 42 | |
| 56 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 28 to 420 | |
| 1280 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.1 | |
| 7.8 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 8.7 to 13 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 11 to 14 | |
| 20 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 54 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 9.6 to 15 | |
| 19 |
Alloy Composition
| Copper (Cu), % | 87.5 to 90.5 | |
| 52 to 56 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 1.3 to 2.5 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.9 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.7 | |
| 9.0 to 12 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 5.8 to 11.2 | |
| 30.6 to 39 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |