C93600 Bronze vs. C83800 Bronze
Both C93600 bronze and C83800 bronze are copper alloys. Both are furnished in the as-fabricated (no temper or treatment) condition. They have a moderately high 93% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C93600 bronze and the bottom bar is C83800 bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 99 | |
| 100 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 | |
| 20 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.35 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 36 | |
| 39 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 260 | |
| 230 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 140 | |
| 110 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 170 | |
| 180 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 150 | |
| 160 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 940 | |
| 1000 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 840 | |
| 840 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 350 | |
| 370 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 49 | |
| 72 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 19 | |
| 19 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 11 | |
| 15 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 11 | |
| 15 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 31 | |
| 30 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 9.0 | |
| 8.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.2 | |
| 2.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 51 | |
| 47 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 370 | |
| 340 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 31 | |
| 39 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 98 | |
| 53 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 6.1 | |
| 6.6 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 17 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 7.9 | |
| 7.4 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 9.9 | |
| 9.6 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 16 | |
| 22 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 9.8 | |
| 8.6 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 to 0.55 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 79 to 83 | |
| 82 to 83.8 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 11 to 13 | |
| 5.0 to 7.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 6.0 to 8.0 | |
| 3.3 to 4.2 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 5.0 to 8.0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.7 |