C61800 Bronze vs. C16200 Copper
Both C61800 bronze and C16200 copper are copper alloys. They have 89% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 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 C61800 bronze and the bottom bar is C16200 copper.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 26 | |
| 2.0 to 56 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 190 | |
| 100 to 210 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 44 | |
| 43 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 310 | |
| 190 to 390 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 740 | |
| 240 to 550 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 310 | |
| 48 to 470 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 230 | |
| 210 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 220 | |
| 370 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1050 | |
| 1080 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1040 | |
| 1030 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 440 | |
| 380 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 64 | |
| 360 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 13 | |
| 90 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 14 | |
| 90 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 28 | |
| 30 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.3 | |
| 9.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.1 | |
| 2.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 52 | |
| 41 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 390 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 150 | |
| 10 to 99 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 420 | |
| 10 to 970 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.5 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 25 | |
| 7.4 to 17 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 9.6 to 17 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 18 | |
| 100 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 26 | |
| 8.7 to 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 8.5 to 11 | |
| 0 |
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 | |
| 0.7 to 1.2 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 86.9 to 91 | |
| 98.6 to 99.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0.5 to 1.5 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |