C62500 Bronze vs. C17500 Copper
Both C62500 bronze and C17500 copper are copper alloys. They have 82% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C62500 bronze and the bottom bar is C17500 copper.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.0 | |
| 6.0 to 30 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 460 | |
| 170 to 310 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.34 |
| Rockwell B Hardness | 29 | |
| 38 to 99 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 42 | |
| 45 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 410 | |
| 200 to 520 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 690 | |
| 310 to 860 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 410 | |
| 170 to 760 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 230 | |
| 220 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 230 | |
| 220 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1050 | |
| 1060 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1050 | |
| 1020 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 47 | |
| 200 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 18 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 10 | |
| 24 to 53 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 11 | |
| 24 to 54 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 26 | |
| 60 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.1 | |
| 8.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.3 | |
| 4.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 55 | |
| 73 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 410 | |
| 320 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 6.0 | |
| 30 to 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 750 | |
| 120 to 2390 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.8 | |
| 7.5 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 | |
| 9.7 to 27 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 11 to 23 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
| 59 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 24 | |
| 11 to 29 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 12.5 to 13.5 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Beryllium (Be), % | 0 | |
| 0.4 to 0.7 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 2.4 to 2.7 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 78.5 to 84 | |
| 95.6 to 97.2 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 3.5 to 5.5 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |