C96700 Copper vs. C61500 Bronze
Both C96700 copper and C61500 bronze are copper alloys. They have 68% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C96700 copper and the bottom bar is C61500 bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 140 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 10 | |
| 3.0 to 55 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 53 | |
| 42 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1210 | |
| 480 to 970 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 550 | |
| 150 to 720 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 220 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 310 | |
| 220 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1170 | |
| 1040 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1110 | |
| 1030 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 400 | |
| 430 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 30 | |
| 58 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 15 | |
| 18 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 90 | |
| 29 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.8 | |
| 8.4 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 9.5 | |
| 3.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 140 | |
| 52 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 280 | |
| 380 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 99 | |
| 27 to 200 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1080 | |
| 100 to 2310 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 8.9 | |
| 7.5 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 38 | |
| 16 to 32 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 29 | |
| 16 to 26 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 8.5 | |
| 16 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 40 | |
| 17 to 34 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 7.7 to 8.3 |
| Beryllium (Be), % | 1.1 to 1.2 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 62.4 to 68.8 | |
| 89 to 90.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0.4 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.4 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 29 to 33 | |
| 1.8 to 2.2 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.15 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0.15 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |