C66100 Bronze vs. C99500 Copper
Both C66100 bronze and C99500 copper are copper alloys. They have 90% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C66100 bronze and the bottom bar is C99500 copper.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 8.0 to 40 | |
| 13 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 43 | |
| 45 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 410 to 790 | |
| 540 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 120 to 430 | |
| 310 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 260 | |
| 240 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 200 | |
| 210 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1050 | |
| 1090 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1000 | |
| 1040 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 400 | |
| 400 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 29 | |
| 30 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.7 | |
| 8.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 3.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 42 | |
| 47 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 300 | |
| 300 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 53 to 120 | |
| 63 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 60 to 790 | |
| 410 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.4 | |
| 7.7 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 13 to 25 | |
| 17 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 14 to 22 | |
| 17 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 to 29 | |
| 19 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 2.0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 92 to 97 | |
| 82.5 to 92 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 3.0 to 5.0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0.2 to 0.8 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 3.5 to 5.5 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 2.8 to 3.5 | |
| 0.5 to 2.0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0.5 to 2.0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |