C52100 Bronze vs. N06060 Nickel
C52100 bronze belongs to the copper alloys classification, while N06060 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 20 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (12, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C52100 bronze and the bottom bar is N06060 nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 210 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 41 | |
| 82 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 380 to 800 | |
| 700 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 200 | |
| 320 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 180 | |
| 980 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1030 | |
| 1510 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 880 | |
| 1450 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 370 | |
| 430 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 34 | |
| 65 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.8 | |
| 8.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.4 | |
| 12 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 55 | |
| 160 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 370 | |
| 280 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.0 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 12 to 25 | |
| 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 13 to 22 | |
| 20 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 28 | |
| 19 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 19 to 22 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 89.8 to 93 | |
| 0.25 to 1.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 14 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 12 to 14 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 54 to 60 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 1.3 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0.030 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 7.0 to 9.0 | |
| 0 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 0.25 to 1.3 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |