C94800 Bronze vs. C83800 Bronze
Both C94800 bronze and C83800 bronze are copper alloys. Both are furnished in the as-fabricated (no temper or treatment) condition. They have a moderately high 90% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C94800 bronze and the bottom bar is C83800 bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 100 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 22 | |
| 20 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 43 | |
| 39 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 310 | |
| 230 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 160 | |
| 110 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 200 | |
| 180 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 190 | |
| 160 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1030 | |
| 1000 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 900 | |
| 840 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 380 | |
| 370 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 39 | |
| 72 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 19 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 12 | |
| 15 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 12 | |
| 15 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 34 | |
| 30 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.8 | |
| 8.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.5 | |
| 2.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 56 | |
| 47 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 350 | |
| 340 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 58 | |
| 39 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 110 | |
| 53 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 | |
| 6.6 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 9.8 | |
| 7.4 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 12 | |
| 9.6 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 12 | |
| 22 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 11 | |
| 8.6 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 84 to 89 | |
| 82 to 83.8 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0.3 to 1.0 | |
| 5.0 to 7.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 4.5 to 6.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 4.5 to 6.0 | |
| 3.3 to 4.2 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 1.0 to 2.5 | |
| 5.0 to 8.0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.7 |