C61300 Bronze vs. C17510 Copper
Both C61300 bronze and C17510 copper are copper alloys. They have a moderately high 90% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C61300 bronze and the bottom bar is C17510 copper.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 34 to 40 | |
| 5.4 to 37 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 43 | |
| 44 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 370 to 390 | |
| 210 to 500 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 550 to 580 | |
| 310 to 860 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 230 to 310 | |
| 120 to 750 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 220 | |
| 220 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 210 | |
| 220 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1050 | |
| 1070 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1040 | |
| 1030 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 420 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 55 | |
| 210 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 12 | |
| 22 to 54 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 13 | |
| 23 to 54 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 29 | |
| 49 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.5 | |
| 8.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.0 | |
| 4.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 49 | |
| 65 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 370 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 150 to 190 | |
| 39 to 92 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 230 to 410 | |
| 64 to 2410 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.5 | |
| 7.4 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 to 19 | |
| 9.7 to 27 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 11 to 23 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 15 | |
| 60 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 to 20 | |
| 11 to 30 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 6.0 to 7.5 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Beryllium (Be), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.6 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 88 to 91.8 | |
| 95.9 to 98.4 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 2.0 to 3.0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 1.4 to 2.2 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0.2 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |