C94400 Bronze vs. CC380H Copper-nickel
Both C94400 bronze and CC380H copper-nickel 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 C94400 bronze and the bottom bar is CC380H copper-nickel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 55 | |
80 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 100 | |
120 |
Elongation at Break, % | 18 | |
26 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.35 | |
0.34 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 37 | |
47 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 220 | |
310 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 110 | |
120 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 180 | |
220 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 150 | |
220 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 940 | |
1130 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 790 | |
1080 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 350 | |
390 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 52 | |
46 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 19 | |
17 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 10 | |
11 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 9.9 | |
11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 32 | |
36 |
Density, g/cm3 | 9.1 | |
8.9 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.4 | |
3.8 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 54 | |
58 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 390 | |
300 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 33 | |
65 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 60 | |
59 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 6.1 | |
7.8 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 17 | |
19 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 6.8 | |
9.8 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 9.0 | |
12 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 17 | |
13 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 8.3 | |
11 |
Alloy Composition
Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
0 to 0.010 |
Antimony (Sb), % | 0 to 0.8 | |
0 |
Copper (Cu), % | 76.1 to 84 | |
84.5 to 89 |
Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
1.0 to 1.8 |
Lead (Pb), % | 9.0 to 12 | |
0 to 0.030 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
1.0 to 1.5 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
9.0 to 11 |
Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
0 to 1.0 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
0 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
0 to 0.1 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
0 |
Tin (Sn), % | 7.0 to 9.0 | |
0 |
Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.8 | |
0 to 0.5 |