C94700 Bronze vs. C81500 Copper
Both C94700 bronze and C81500 copper are copper alloys. They have 88% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C94700 bronze and the bottom bar is C81500 copper.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 7.9 to 32 | |
| 17 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 43 | |
| 44 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 350 to 590 | |
| 350 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 160 to 400 | |
| 280 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 200 | |
| 210 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1030 | |
| 1090 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 900 | |
| 1080 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 380 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 54 | |
| 320 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 12 | |
| 82 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 12 | |
| 83 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 34 | |
| 31 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.8 | |
| 8.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.5 | |
| 2.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 56 | |
| 41 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 350 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 41 to 89 | |
| 56 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 110 to 700 | |
| 330 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.3 | |
| 7.3 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 11 to 19 | |
| 11 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 13 to 18 | |
| 12 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 16 | |
| 91 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 21 | |
| 12 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0.4 to 1.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 85 to 90 | |
| 97.4 to 99.6 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 4.5 to 6.0 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 4.5 to 6.0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 1.0 to 2.5 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |