C38500 Bronze vs. C64200 Bronze
Both C38500 bronze and C64200 bronze are copper alloys. They have 58% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C38500 bronze and the bottom bar is C64200 bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 100 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 17 | |
| 14 to 35 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 37 | |
| 42 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 230 | |
| 330 to 390 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 370 | |
| 540 to 640 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 130 | |
| 230 to 320 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 160 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 110 | |
| 210 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 890 | |
| 1000 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 880 | |
| 980 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 380 | |
| 430 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 120 | |
| 45 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 21 | |
| 18 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 28 | |
| 8.0 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 31 | |
| 8.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 22 | |
| 29 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.1 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 3.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 45 | |
| 50 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 320 | |
| 370 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 48 | |
| 73 to 170 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 78 | |
| 240 to 470 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.0 | |
| 7.5 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 18 to 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 14 | |
| 18 to 20 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 40 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 | |
| 20 to 23 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 6.3 to 7.6 |
| Arsenic (As), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 55 to 59 | |
| 88.2 to 92.2 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 2.5 to 3.5 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 1.5 to 2.2 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 36.7 to 42.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |