EN-MC65220 Magnesium vs. CC330G Bronze
EN-MC65220 magnesium belongs to the magnesium alloys classification, while CC330G bronze belongs to the copper alloys. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown. Please note that the two materials have significantly dissimilar densities. This means that additional care is required when interpreting the data, because some material properties are based on units of mass, while others are based on units of area or volume.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN-MC65220 magnesium and the bottom bar is CC330G bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 80 | |
| 110 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 44 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.2 | |
| 20 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 17 | |
| 42 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 270 | |
| 530 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 340 | |
| 230 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 160 | |
| 220 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 610 | |
| 1050 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 550 | |
| 1000 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 980 | |
| 430 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 110 | |
| 62 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 26 | |
| 18 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 25 | |
| 14 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 120 | |
| 15 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 80 | |
| 29 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 1.9 | |
| 8.4 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 27 | |
| 3.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 210 | |
| 52 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 5.5 | |
| 82 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 450 | |
| 170 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 7.5 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 62 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 40 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 49 | |
| 17 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 61 | |
| 17 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 | |
| 19 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 8.0 to 10.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0.050 to 0.1 | |
| 87 to 92 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 1.2 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 93.8 to 96.8 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 1.3 to 1.7 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Unspecified Rare Earths, % | 1.5 to 3.0 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0.4 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |