C65400 Bronze vs. C55180 Copper
Both C65400 bronze and C55180 copper are copper alloys. They have a very high 95% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C65400 bronze and the bottom bar is C55180 copper.
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Mechanical Properties
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
110 |
Elongation at Break, % | 2.6 to 47 | |
20 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
0.34 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 43 | |
41 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 500 to 1060 | |
200 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 170 to 910 | |
100 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 260 | |
200 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 200 | |
200 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1020 | |
920 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 960 | |
710 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 400 | |
400 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 36 | |
200 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 31 | |
29 |
Density, g/cm3 | 8.7 | |
8.6 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.8 | |
2.5 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 45 | |
39 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
290 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 10 to 480 | |
34 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 130 to 3640 | |
48 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.3 | |
7.1 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
18 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 16 to 34 | |
6.4 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 16 to 27 | |
8.8 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 10 | |
56 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 18 to 39 | |
7.9 |
Alloy Composition
Chromium (Cr), % | 0.010 to 0.12 | |
0 |
Copper (Cu), % | 93.8 to 96.1 | |
94.7 to 95.2 |
Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
0 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
4.8 to 5.2 |
Silicon (Si), % | 2.7 to 3.4 | |
0 |
Tin (Sn), % | 1.2 to 1.9 | |
0 |
Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
0 |
Residuals, % | 0 | |
0 to 0.15 |