C86500 Bronze vs. C92300 Bronze
Both C86500 bronze and C92300 bronze are copper alloys. Both are furnished in the as-fabricated (no temper or treatment) condition. They have 63% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C86500 bronze and the bottom bar is C92300 bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 25 | |
| 19 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 40 | |
| 40 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 530 | |
| 300 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 190 | |
| 140 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 170 | |
| 190 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 120 | |
| 170 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 880 | |
| 1000 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 860 | |
| 850 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 370 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 86 | |
| 75 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 21 | |
| 18 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 22 | |
| 12 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 25 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 23 | |
| 33 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 8.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.8 | |
| 3.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 48 | |
| 56 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 330 | |
| 370 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 | |
| 47 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 180 | |
| 86 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.4 | |
| 6.9 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 19 | |
| 9.5 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 28 | |
| 23 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 | |
| 11 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.5 to 1.5 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 55 to 60 | |
| 85 to 89 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0.4 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0.3 to 1.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.1 to 1.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 7.5 to 9.0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 36 to 42 | |
| 2.5 to 5.0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.7 |