C61000 Bronze vs. Nickel 685
C61000 bronze belongs to the copper alloys classification, while nickel 685 belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 27 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 C61000 bronze and the bottom bar is nickel 685.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 29 to 50 | |
| 17 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 42 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 280 to 300 | |
| 770 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 390 to 460 | |
| 1250 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 150 to 190 | |
| 850 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 220 | |
| 320 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 210 | |
| 1000 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1040 | |
| 1380 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 990 | |
| 1330 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 420 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 69 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 29 | |
| 75 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.5 | |
| 8.4 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.0 | |
| 10 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 49 | |
| 140 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 370 | |
| 340 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 160 | |
| 190 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 100 to 160 | |
| 1820 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.4 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 13 to 15 | |
| 42 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 14 to 16 | |
| 31 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 19 | |
| 3.3 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 16 | |
| 37 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 6.0 to 8.5 | |
| 1.2 to 1.6 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0.0030 to 0.010 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0.030 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 18 to 21 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 12 to 15 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 90.2 to 94 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 3.5 to 5.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 49.6 to 62.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 2.8 to 3.3 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0.020 to 0.12 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |