C93700 Bronze vs. C55280 Copper
Both C93700 bronze and C55280 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. There are 18 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (16, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C93700 bronze and the bottom bar is C55280 copper.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 99 | |
| 110 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.35 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 37 | |
| 40 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 240 | |
| 180 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 170 | |
| 190 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 140 | |
| 200 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 930 | |
| 790 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 760 | |
| 640 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 350 | |
| 410 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 19 | |
| 16 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.9 | |
| 8.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.5 | |
| 4.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 57 | |
| 67 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 6.2 | |
| 6.9 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 17 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 7.5 | |
| 5.9 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 9.6 | |
| 8.3 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 9.4 | |
| 7.4 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 78 to 82 | |
| 90.5 to 91.4 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 8.0 to 11 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 6.8 to 7.2 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 0 | |
| 1.8 to 2.2 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 9.0 to 11 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.8 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |