C95500 Bronze vs. C96300 Copper-nickel
Both C95500 bronze and C96300 copper-nickel are copper alloys. They have 83% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C95500 bronze and the bottom bar is C96300 copper-nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 200 to 210 | |
| 150 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 130 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 8.4 to 10 | |
| 11 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 44 | |
| 49 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 700 to 850 | |
| 580 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 320 to 470 | |
| 430 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 230 | |
| 230 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 230 | |
| 240 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1050 | |
| 1200 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1040 | |
| 1150 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 450 | |
| 400 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 42 | |
| 37 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 16 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 8.0 | |
| 6.0 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.8 | |
| 6.1 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 28 | |
| 42 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 8.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.5 | |
| 5.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 57 | |
| 76 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 390 | |
| 290 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 58 to 61 | |
| 59 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 420 to 950 | |
| 720 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 8.0 | |
| 8.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 to 29 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 to 24 | |
| 17 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 11 | |
| 10 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 24 to 29 | |
| 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 10 to 11.5 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 78 to 84 | |
| 72.3 to 80.8 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 3.0 to 5.0 | |
| 0.5 to 1.5 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 3.5 | |
| 0.25 to 1.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 3.0 to 5.5 | |
| 18 to 22 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 1.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |