MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

C95300 Bronze vs. C97400 Nickel Silver

Both C95300 bronze and C97400 nickel silver are copper alloys. They have 61% of their average alloy composition in common.

For each property being compared, the top bar is C95300 bronze and the bottom bar is C97400 nickel silver.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 120 to 170
70
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 110
120
Elongation at Break, % 14 to 25
20
Poisson's Ratio 0.34
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 42
44
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 520 to 610
260
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 190 to 310
120

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 230
190
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 220
180
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1050
1100
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1040
1070
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 440
380
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 63
27
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 18
18

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 13
6.0
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 14
6.3

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 28
33
Density, g/cm3 8.3
8.6
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.1
4.1
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 52
64
Embodied Water, L/kg 390
320

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 73 to 100
43
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 170 to 420
59
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 7.5
7.5
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 19
19
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 17 to 21
8.5
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 17 to 19
11
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 17
8.3
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 19 to 22
8.8

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 9.0 to 11
0
Copper (Cu), % 86.5 to 90.2
58 to 61
Iron (Fe), % 0.8 to 1.5
0 to 1.5
Lead (Pb), % 0
4.5 to 5.5
Manganese (Mn), % 0
0 to 0.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0
15.5 to 17
Tin (Sn), % 0
2.5 to 3.5
Zinc (Zn), % 0
10 to 19.5
Residuals, % 0
0 to 1.0