C63800 Bronze vs. C51100 Bronze
Both C63800 bronze and C51100 bronze are copper alloys. They have a moderately high 95% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C63800 bronze and the bottom bar is C51100 bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 7.9 to 41 | |
| 2.5 to 50 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.34 |
| Rockwell B Hardness | 94 to 110 | |
| 67 to 93 |
| Rockwell Superficial 30T Hardness | 74 to 93 | |
| 33 to 79 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 43 | |
| 42 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 320 to 500 | |
| 230 to 410 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 460 to 1010 | |
| 330 to 720 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 240 | |
| 200 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1030 | |
| 1060 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1000 | |
| 970 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 410 | |
| 380 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 40 | |
| 84 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 18 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 10 | |
| 20 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 10 | |
| 20 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 30 | |
| 32 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.6 | |
| 8.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.8 | |
| 3.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 45 | |
| 48 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 330 | |
| 340 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.4 | |
| 7.1 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 15 to 33 | |
| 10 to 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 15 to 26 | |
| 12 to 20 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 11 | |
| 25 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 to 36 | |
| 12 to 26 |
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 | |
| 93.8 to 96.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| 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 | |
| 0.030 to 0.35 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 1.5 to 2.1 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 3.5 to 4.9 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.8 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |