C82200 Copper vs. C61500 Bronze
Both C82200 copper and C61500 bronze are copper alloys. They have a moderately high 92% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 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 C82200 copper and the bottom bar is C61500 bronze.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 8.0 to 20 | |
| 3.0 to 55 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 44 | |
| 42 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 390 to 660 | |
| 480 to 970 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 210 to 520 | |
| 150 to 720 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 220 | |
| 220 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 230 | |
| 220 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1080 | |
| 1040 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1040 | |
| 1030 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 430 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 180 | |
| 58 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 18 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 45 | |
| 13 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 46 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 55 | |
| 29 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.9 | |
| 8.4 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.8 | |
| 3.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 74 | |
| 52 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 380 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 49 to 66 | |
| 27 to 200 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 180 to 1130 | |
| 100 to 2310 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.4 | |
| 7.5 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 12 to 20 | |
| 16 to 32 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 13 to 19 | |
| 16 to 26 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 53 | |
| 16 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 23 | |
| 17 to 34 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 7.7 to 8.3 |
| Beryllium (Be), % | 0.35 to 0.8 | |
| 0 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 97.4 to 98.7 | |
| 89 to 90.5 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.0 to 2.0 | |
| 1.8 to 2.2 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |