C52100 Bronze vs. Low-oxygen Zirconium
C52100 bronze belongs to the copper alloys classification, while low-oxygen zirconium belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals. There are 16 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (14, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C52100 bronze and the bottom bar is low-oxygen zirconium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 98 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 41 | |
| 37 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 380 to 800 | |
| 330 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 200 | |
| 250 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 370 | |
| 270 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 62 | |
| 22 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 5.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.8 | |
| 6.7 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 370 | |
| 450 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.0 | |
| 8.1 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 12 to 25 | |
| 14 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 13 to 22 | |
| 16 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 19 | |
| 12 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 28 | |
| 42 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 89.8 to 93 | |
| 0 |
| Hafnium (Hf), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 4.5 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0.030 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 7.0 to 9.0 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 | |
| 94.7 to 100 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |