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C67500 Bronze vs. Sintered 6061 Aluminum

C67500 bronze belongs to the copper alloys classification, while sintered 6061 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown. Please note that the two materials have significantly dissimilar densities. This means that additional care is required when interpreting the data, because some material properties are based on units of mass, while others are based on units of area or volume.

For each property being compared, the top bar is C67500 bronze and the bottom bar is sintered 6061 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 100
68
Elongation at Break, % 14 to 33
0.5 to 6.0
Poisson's Ratio 0.3
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 40
25
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 430 to 580
83 to 210
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 170 to 370
62 to 190

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 170
400
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 120
170
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 890
640
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 870
610
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 390
900
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 110
200
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 21
23

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 24
52
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 27
170

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 23
9.5
Density, g/cm3 8.0
2.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.8
8.3
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 47
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 330
1180

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 61 to 130
0.68 to 7.0
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 130 to 650
28 to 280
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 7.3
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 20
51
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 15 to 20
8.6 to 21
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 16 to 19
16 to 29
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 34
81
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 14 to 19
3.8 to 9.4

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0 to 0.25
96 to 99.4
Copper (Cu), % 57 to 60
0 to 0.5
Iron (Fe), % 0.8 to 2.0
0
Lead (Pb), % 0 to 0.2
0
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
0.4 to 1.2
Manganese (Mn), % 0.050 to 0.5
0
Silicon (Si), % 0
0.2 to 0.8
Tin (Sn), % 0.5 to 1.5
0
Zinc (Zn), % 35.1 to 41.7
0
Residuals, % 0
0 to 1.5

Comparable Variants