C66100 Bronze vs. C17300 Copper
Both C66100 bronze and C17300 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 (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C66100 bronze and the bottom bar is C17300 copper.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 8.0 to 40 | |
| 3.0 to 23 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 43 | |
| 45 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 280 to 460 | |
| 320 to 790 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 410 to 790 | |
| 500 to 1380 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 120 to 430 | |
| 160 to 1200 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 260 | |
| 230 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 200 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1050 | |
| 980 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1000 | |
| 870 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 400 | |
| 380 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 34 | |
| 110 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.7 | |
| 8.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 9.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 42 | |
| 150 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 300 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 53 to 120 | |
| 40 to 88 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 60 to 790 | |
| 110 to 5410 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.4 | |
| 7.6 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 13 to 25 | |
| 16 to 44 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 14 to 22 | |
| 16 to 31 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 9.7 | |
| 32 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 to 29 | |
| 17 to 48 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Beryllium (Be), % | 0 | |
| 1.8 to 2.0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 92 to 97 | |
| 95.5 to 97.8 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0.2 to 0.8 | |
| 0.2 to 0.6 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.6 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 2.8 to 3.5 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |