C91600 Bronze vs. CC499K Bronze
Both C91600 bronze and CC499K bronze are copper alloys. Both are furnished in the as-fabricated (no temper or treatment) condition. They have a moderately high 92% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C91600 bronze and the bottom bar is CC499K bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 84 | |
| 73 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 | |
| 13 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 41 | |
| 41 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 310 | |
| 260 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 160 | |
| 120 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 170 | |
| 170 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1030 | |
| 1000 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 860 | |
| 920 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 370 | |
| 370 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 71 | |
| 73 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 18 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 10 | |
| 12 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 10 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 36 | |
| 32 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.8 | |
| 8.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.7 | |
| 3.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 61 | |
| 51 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 390 | |
| 350 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 30 | |
| 27 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 120 | |
| 65 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.0 | |
| 6.9 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 9.9 | |
| 8.1 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 12 | |
| 10 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 22 | |
| 22 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 11 | |
| 9.2 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Arsenic (As), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Bismuth (Bi), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 85.9 to 89.1 | |
| 84 to 88 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 3.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.2 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 9.7 to 10.8 | |
| 4.0 to 6.0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 4.0 to 6.0 |