C95400 Bronze vs. C97400 Nickel Silver
Both C95400 bronze and C97400 nickel silver are copper alloys. They have 62% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C95400 bronze and the bottom bar is C97400 nickel silver.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 160 to 200 | |
| 70 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 8.1 to 16 | |
| 20 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 43 | |
| 44 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 600 to 710 | |
| 260 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 240 to 360 | |
| 120 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 230 | |
| 190 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 230 | |
| 180 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1040 | |
| 1100 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1030 | |
| 1070 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 440 | |
| 380 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 59 | |
| 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 | 27 | |
| 33 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 8.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.2 | |
| 4.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 53 | |
| 64 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 390 | |
| 320 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 48 to 75 | |
| 43 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 250 to 560 | |
| 59 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.7 | |
| 7.5 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 20 to 24 | |
| 8.5 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 to 22 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 16 | |
| 8.3 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 to 25 | |
| 8.8 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 10 to 11.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 83 to 87 | |
| 58 to 61 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 3.0 to 5.0 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 4.5 to 5.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 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 |