C62400 Bronze vs. C17510 Copper
Both C62400 bronze and C17510 copper are copper alloys. They have 86% 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 C62400 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, % | 11 to 14 | |
| 5.4 to 37 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 42 | |
| 44 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 420 to 440 | |
| 210 to 500 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 690 to 730 | |
| 310 to 860 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 270 to 350 | |
| 120 to 750 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 230 | |
| 220 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 220 | |
| 220 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1040 | |
| 1070 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1030 | |
| 1030 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 440 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 59 | |
| 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 | 27 | |
| 49 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 8.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.2 | |
| 4.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 53 | |
| 65 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 400 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 68 to 77 | |
| 39 to 92 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 320 to 550 | |
| 64 to 2410 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.6 | |
| 7.4 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 23 to 25 | |
| 9.7 to 27 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 to 22 | |
| 11 to 23 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 16 | |
| 60 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 25 to 26 | |
| 11 to 30 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 10 to 11.5 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Beryllium (Be), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.6 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 82.8 to 88 | |
| 95.9 to 98.4 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 2.0 to 4.5 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 1.4 to 2.2 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |