C17465 Copper vs. C67300 Bronze
Both C17465 copper and C67300 bronze are copper alloys. They have 62% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C17465 copper and the bottom bar is C67300 bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 110 | 
| Elongation at Break, % | 5.3 to 36 | |
| 12 | 
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.31 | 
| Rockwell B Hardness | 44 to 110 | |
| 91 | 
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 44 | |
| 41 | 
| Shear Strength, MPa | 210 to 540 | |
| 300 | 
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 310 to 930 | |
| 500 | 
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 120 to 830 | |
| 340 | 
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 210 | |
| 190 | 
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 210 | |
| 130 | 
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1080 | |
| 870 | 
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1030 | |
| 830 | 
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 390 | 
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 220 | |
| 95 | 
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 20 | 
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 22 to 51 | |
| 22 | 
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 23 to 52 | |
| 25 | 
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 45 | |
| 23 | 
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.9 | |
| 8.0 | 
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.1 | |
| 2.7 | 
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 64 | |
| 46 | 
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 320 | 
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 47 to 90 | |
| 55 | 
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 64 to 2920 | |
| 550 | 
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.3 | |
| 7.4 | 
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 20 | 
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 9.7 to 29 | |
| 17 | 
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 11 to 24 | |
| 17 | 
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 64 | |
| 30 | 
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 11 to 33 | |
| 16 | 
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.25 | 
| Beryllium (Be), % | 0.15 to 0.5 | |
| 0 | 
| Copper (Cu), % | 95.7 to 98.7 | |
| 58 to 63 | 
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.5 | 
| Lead (Pb), % | 0.2 to 0.6 | |
| 0.4 to 3.0 | 
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 2.0 to 3.5 | 
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.0 to 1.4 | |
| 0 to 0.25 | 
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0.5 to 1.5 | 
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.3 | 
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 27.2 to 39.1 | 
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 | 
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |