C28000 Muntz Metal vs. C55181 Copper
Both C28000 Muntz Metal and C55181 copper are copper alloys. They have 61% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 20 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C28000 Muntz Metal and the bottom bar is C55181 copper.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 100 | |
| 110 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 40 | |
| 40 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 330 to 610 | |
| 200 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 170 | |
| 190 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 120 | |
| 200 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 900 | |
| 790 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 900 | |
| 710 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 410 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 21 | |
| 16 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 23 | |
| 28 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.0 | |
| 8.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 2.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 46 | |
| 38 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 320 | |
| 290 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 | |
| 7.0 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 11 to 21 | |
| 6.5 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 13 to 20 | |
| 8.9 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 11 to 20 | |
| 8.2 |
Alloy Composition
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| Copper (Cu), % | 59 to 63 | |
| 92.4 to 93 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
| 0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 7.0 to 7.5 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 36.3 to 41 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |