C51000 Bronze vs. C61900 Bronze
Both C51000 bronze and C61900 bronze are copper alloys. They have 87% 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 C51000 bronze and the bottom bar is C61900 bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.7 to 64 | |
| 21 to 32 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 42 | |
| 43 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 250 to 460 | |
| 370 to 410 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 330 to 780 | |
| 570 to 650 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 130 to 750 | |
| 230 to 310 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 200 | |
| 230 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 190 | |
| 220 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1050 | |
| 1050 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 960 | |
| 1040 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 380 | |
| 440 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 77 | |
| 79 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 18 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 18 | |
| 11 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 18 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 33 | |
| 28 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.8 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.1 | |
| 3.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 50 | |
| 51 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 350 | |
| 380 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 7.0 to 490 | |
| 110 to 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 75 to 2490 | |
| 230 to 430 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.0 | |
| 7.6 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 10 to 25 | |
| 19 to 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 12 to 21 | |
| 18 to 20 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 23 | |
| 22 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 28 | |
| 20 to 23 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 8.5 to 10 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 92.9 to 95.5 | |
| 83.6 to 88.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 3.0 to 4.5 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0.030 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 4.5 to 5.8 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 0.8 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |