C51900 Bronze vs. N09777 Nickel
C51900 bronze belongs to the copper alloys classification, while N09777 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C51900 bronze and the bottom bar is N09777 nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 29 | |
| 39 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 42 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 320 to 370 | |
| 400 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 380 to 620 | |
| 580 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 390 to 570 | |
| 240 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 200 | |
| 300 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 180 | |
| 960 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1040 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 930 | |
| 1390 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 380 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 33 | |
| 38 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.8 | |
| 8.1 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.2 | |
| 7.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 51 | |
| 100 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 360 | |
| 200 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 55 to 180 | |
| 180 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 680 to 1450 | |
| 140 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.0 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 12 to 19 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 13 to 18 | |
| 19 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 22 | |
| 16 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 14 to 19 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 91.7 to 95 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 28.5 to 47.5 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 2.5 to 5.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 34 to 42 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0.030 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 5.0 to 7.0 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 2.0 to 3.0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |