C53400 Bronze vs. CR025A Copper
Both C53400 bronze and CR025A copper are copper alloys. They have a moderately high 94% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C53400 bronze and the bottom bar is CR025A copper.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 120 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 42 | |
| 43 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 330 to 720 | |
| 230 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 200 | |
| 210 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 180 | |
| 200 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1050 | |
| 1090 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 950 | |
| 1040 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 380 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 69 | |
| 370 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 15 | |
| 99 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 15 | |
| 99 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 32 | |
| 31 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.9 | |
| 9.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.0 | |
| 2.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 49 | |
| 41 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 350 | |
| 320 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.0 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 10 to 22 | |
| 7.1 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 12 to 20 | |
| 9.3 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 21 | |
| 110 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 26 | |
| 8.1 |
Alloy Composition
| Bismuth (Bi), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.00050 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 91.8 to 95.7 | |
| 99.9 to 99.96 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0.8 to 1.2 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0.030 to 0.35 | |
| 0.040 to 0.060 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 3.5 to 5.8 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |