C52100 Bronze vs. Titanium 15-3-3-3
C52100 bronze belongs to the copper alloys classification, while titanium 15-3-3-3 belongs to the titanium alloys. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C52100 bronze and the bottom bar is titanium 15-3-3-3.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 100 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 41 | |
| 39 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 380 to 800 | |
| 1120 to 1390 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 200 | |
| 390 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 180 | |
| 430 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1030 | |
| 1620 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 880 | |
| 1560 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 370 | |
| 520 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 62 | |
| 8.1 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 9.8 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 13 | |
| 1.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 13 | |
| 2.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 34 | |
| 40 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.8 | |
| 4.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.4 | |
| 59 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 55 | |
| 950 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 370 | |
| 260 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.0 | |
| 12 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 32 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 12 to 25 | |
| 64 to 80 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 13 to 22 | |
| 50 to 57 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 19 | |
| 3.2 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 28 | |
| 79 to 98 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 2.5 to 3.5 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 2.5 to 3.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 89.8 to 93 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.13 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0.030 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 7.0 to 9.0 | |
| 2.5 to 3.5 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 72.6 to 78.5 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 14 to 16 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |