C63800 Bronze vs. C14510 Copper
Both C63800 bronze and C14510 copper are copper alloys. They have a moderately high 94% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C63800 bronze and the bottom bar is C14510 copper.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 7.9 to 41 | |
| 9.1 to 9.6 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 43 | |
| 43 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 320 to 500 | |
| 180 to 190 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 460 to 1010 | |
| 300 to 320 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 240 | |
| 210 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1030 | |
| 1080 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1000 | |
| 1050 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 410 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 40 | |
| 360 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 30 | |
| 33 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.6 | |
| 8.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.8 | |
| 2.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 45 | |
| 42 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 330 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.4 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 15 to 33 | |
| 9.2 to 10 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 15 to 26 | |
| 11 to 12 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 11 | |
| 100 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 to 36 | |
| 11 to 12 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 2.5 to 3.1 | |
| 0 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0.25 to 0.55 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 92.4 to 95.8 | |
| 99.15 to 99.69 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0.010 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 1.5 to 2.1 | |
| 0 |
| Tellurium (Te), % | 0 | |
| 0.3 to 0.7 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.8 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |