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C90900 Bronze vs. C81500 Copper

Both C90900 bronze and C81500 copper are copper alloys. They have 88% of their average alloy composition in common.

For each property being compared, the top bar is C90900 bronze and the bottom bar is C81500 copper.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 90
110
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 110
120
Elongation at Break, % 15
17
Poisson's Ratio 0.34
0.34
Shear Modulus, GPa 40
44
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 280
350
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 140
280

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 190
210
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 160
200
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 980
1090
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 820
1080
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 360
390
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 65
320
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 18
17

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 11
82
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 11
83

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 36
31
Density, g/cm3 8.7
8.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.9
2.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 64
41
Embodied Water, L/kg 410
310

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 35
56
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 89
330
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 6.8
7.3
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 18
18
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 8.8
11
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 11
12
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 21
91
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 10
12

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0 to 0.0050
0 to 0.1
Antimony (Sb), % 0 to 0.2
0
Chromium (Cr), % 0
0.4 to 1.5
Copper (Cu), % 86 to 89
97.4 to 99.6
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.15
0 to 0.1
Lead (Pb), % 0 to 0.25
0 to 0.020
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.5
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.050
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.0050
0 to 0.15
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.050
0
Tin (Sn), % 12 to 14
0 to 0.1
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.25
0 to 0.1
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.5