C51000 Bronze vs. N10629 Nickel
C51000 bronze belongs to the copper alloys classification, while N10629 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C51000 bronze and the bottom bar is N10629 nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 220 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.7 to 64 | |
| 45 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.31 |
| Rockwell B Hardness | 26 to 97 | |
| 88 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 42 | |
| 83 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 250 to 460 | |
| 600 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 330 to 780 | |
| 860 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 130 to 750 | |
| 400 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 200 | |
| 310 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 190 | |
| 910 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1050 | |
| 1610 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 960 | |
| 1560 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 380 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 10 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 33 | |
| 75 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.8 | |
| 9.2 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.1 | |
| 15 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 50 | |
| 190 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 350 | |
| 270 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 7.0 to 490 | |
| 320 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 75 to 2490 | |
| 360 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.0 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 10 to 25 | |
| 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 12 to 21 | |
| 22 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 28 | |
| 27 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.5 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 1.5 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 2.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 92.9 to 95.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 1.0 to 6.0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 26 to 30 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 65 to 72.4 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0.030 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 4.5 to 5.8 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |