C86800 Bronze vs. C28500 Muntz Metal
Both C86800 bronze and C28500 Muntz Metal are copper alloys. They have a moderately high 90% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C86800 bronze and the bottom bar is C28500 Muntz Metal.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 100 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 22 | |
| 20 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.3 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 42 | |
| 40 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 570 | |
| 520 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 260 | |
| 380 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 180 | |
| 170 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 140 | |
| 110 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 900 | |
| 900 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 880 | |
| 890 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 400 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 20 | |
| 21 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 9.0 | |
| 29 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 10 | |
| 33 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 24 | |
| 22 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.0 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 51 | |
| 46 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 320 | |
| 320 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 100 | |
| 94 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 310 | |
| 700 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.7 | |
| 7.3 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 20 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 18 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 18 | |
| 17 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 53.5 to 57 | |
| 57 to 59 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 1.0 to 2.5 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 2.5 to 4.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 2.5 to 4.0 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 28.3 to 40.5 | |
| 39.5 to 43 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.9 |