H06 C54400 Bronze vs. H06 C72200 Copper-nickel
Both H06 C54400 bronze and H06 C72200 copper-nickel are copper alloys. Both are furnished in the H06 (extra hard) temper. They have 82% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is H06 C54400 bronze and the bottom bar is H06 C72200 copper-nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 130 | 
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.33 | 
| Rockwell B Hardness | 90 | |
| 85 | 
| Rockwell Superficial 30T Hardness | 77 | |
| 74 | 
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 40 | |
| 48 | 
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 630 | |
| 560 | 
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 190 | |
| 220 | 
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 170 | |
| 230 | 
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1000 | |
| 1180 | 
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 930 | |
| 1120 | 
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 370 | |
| 400 | 
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 86 | |
| 34 | 
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 16 | 
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 19 | |
| 6.5 | 
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 19 | |
| 6.6 | 
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 31 | |
| 36 | 
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.9 | |
| 8.9 | 
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.9 | |
| 3.9 | 
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 48 | |
| 59 | 
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 340 | |
| 300 | 
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 6.8 | |
| 8.0 | 
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 19 | 
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 20 | |
| 18 | 
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 17 | 
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 26 | |
| 9.6 | 
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 | |
| 19 | 
Alloy Composition
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0.3 to 0.7 | 
| Copper (Cu), % | 85.4 to 91.5 | |
| 78.1 to 84.2 | 
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0.5 to 1.0 | 
| Lead (Pb), % | 3.5 to 4.5 | |
| 0 to 0.050 | 
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 | 
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 15 to 18 | 
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0.010 to 0.5 | |
| 0 | 
| Tin (Sn), % | 3.5 to 4.5 | |
| 0 | 
| Zinc (Zn), % | 1.5 to 4.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 | 
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |