C19000 Copper vs. C31600 Bronze
Both C19000 copper and C31600 bronze are copper alloys. They have a moderately high 91% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C19000 copper and the bottom bar is C31600 bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.5 to 50 | |
| 6.7 to 28 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 43 | |
| 42 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 170 to 390 | |
| 170 to 270 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 260 to 760 | |
| 270 to 460 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 140 to 630 | |
| 80 to 390 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 210 | |
| 200 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 200 | |
| 180 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1080 | |
| 1040 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1040 | |
| 1010 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 380 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 250 | |
| 140 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 18 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 60 | |
| 32 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 61 | |
| 33 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 31 | |
| 29 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.9 | |
| 8.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 42 | |
| 43 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 18 to 110 | |
| 30 to 58 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 89 to 1730 | |
| 28 to 690 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 | |
| 7.1 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 8.2 to 24 | |
| 8.5 to 15 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 10 to 21 | |
| 11 to 15 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 73 | |
| 42 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 9.3 to 27 | |
| 9.4 to 16 |
Alloy Composition
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| Copper (Cu), % | 96.9 to 99 | |
| 87.5 to 90.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 1.3 to 2.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0.9 to 1.3 | |
| 0.7 to 1.2 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0.15 to 0.35 | |
| 0.040 to 0.1 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.8 | |
| 5.2 to 10.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |