C52400 Bronze vs. C82600 Copper
Both C52400 bronze and C82600 copper are copper alloys. They have 90% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 23 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 C52400 bronze and the bottom bar is C82600 copper.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 120 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 41 | |
| 46 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 450 to 880 | |
| 570 to 1140 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 190 | |
| 240 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 170 | |
| 300 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1000 | |
| 950 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 840 | |
| 860 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 370 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 50 | |
| 130 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 11 | |
| 19 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 11 | |
| 20 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.8 | |
| 8.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.6 | |
| 11 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 58 | |
| 180 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 390 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 6.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 14 to 28 | |
| 18 to 36 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 15 to 23 | |
| 17 to 28 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 15 | |
| 37 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 to 32 | |
| 19 to 39 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Beryllium (Be), % | 0 | |
| 2.3 to 2.6 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 0.35 to 0.65 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 87.8 to 91 | |
| 94.9 to 97.2 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0.030 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.35 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 9.0 to 11 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.12 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |