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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