C93600 Bronze vs. CR011A Copper
Both C93600 bronze and CR011A copper are copper alloys. Both are furnished in the as-fabricated (no temper or treatment) condition. They have 81% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C93600 bronze and the bottom bar is CR011A copper.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 99 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 | |
| 15 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.35 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 36 | |
| 43 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 260 | |
| 220 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 140 | |
| 130 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 170 | |
| 210 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 150 | |
| 200 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 940 | |
| 1090 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 840 | |
| 1040 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 350 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 49 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 19 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 11 | |
| 100 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 11 | |
| 100 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 31 | |
| 32 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 9.0 | |
| 9.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.2 | |
| 2.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 51 | |
| 42 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 370 | |
| 340 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 31 | |
| 29 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 98 | |
| 76 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 6.1 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 17 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 7.9 | |
| 6.8 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 9.9 | |
| 9.0 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 16 | |
| 110 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 9.8 | |
| 7.8 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 to 0.55 | |
| 0 |
| Bismuth (Bi), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.00050 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 79 to 83 | |
| 99.88 to 99.97 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 11 to 13 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 0 | |
| 0.030 to 0.050 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 6.0 to 8.0 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.7 | |
| 0 |