C14520 Copper vs. C64800 Bronze
Both C14520 copper and C64800 bronze are copper alloys. They have a very high 96% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C14520 copper and the bottom bar is C64800 bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 9.0 to 9.6 | |
| 8.0 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 43 | |
| 44 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 170 to 190 | |
| 380 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 290 to 330 | |
| 640 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 230 to 250 | |
| 630 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 210 | |
| 220 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1080 | |
| 1090 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1050 | |
| 1030 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 320 | |
| 260 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 85 | |
| 65 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 85 | |
| 66 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 33 | |
| 33 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.9 | |
| 8.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 42 | |
| 43 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 24 to 29 | |
| 51 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 240 to 280 | |
| 1680 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 | |
| 7.4 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 9.0 to 10 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 11 to 12 | |
| 19 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 94 | |
| 75 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 10 to 12 | |
| 23 |
Alloy Composition
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.090 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 3.0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 99.2 to 99.596 | |
| 92.4 to 98.8 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0.0040 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 1.0 |
| Tellurium (Te), % | 0.4 to 0.7 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |