C51900 Bronze vs. AWS E219
C51900 bronze belongs to the copper alloys classification, while AWS E219 belongs to the iron alloys. There are 22 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C51900 bronze and the bottom bar is AWS E219.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 29 | |
| 17 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 42 | |
| 78 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 380 to 620 | |
| 690 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 200 | |
| 290 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1040 | |
| 1400 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 930 | |
| 1360 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 380 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 66 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 15 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 33 | |
| 15 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.8 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.2 | |
| 3.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 51 | |
| 44 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 360 | |
| 160 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.0 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 12 to 19 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 13 to 18 | |
| 23 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 20 | |
| 3.8 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 22 | |
| 17 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.060 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 19 to 21.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 91.7 to 95 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 58.6 to 67.4 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 8.0 to 10 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 5.5 to 7.0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.3 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0.030 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 5.0 to 7.0 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |