C31600 Bronze vs. C17465 Copper
Both C31600 bronze and C17465 copper 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 C31600 bronze and the bottom bar is C17465 copper.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 6.7 to 28 | |
| 5.3 to 36 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 42 | |
| 44 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 170 to 270 | |
| 210 to 540 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 270 to 460 | |
| 310 to 930 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 80 to 390 | |
| 120 to 830 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 200 | |
| 210 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 180 | |
| 210 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1040 | |
| 1080 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1010 | |
| 1030 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 380 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 140 | |
| 220 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 32 | |
| 22 to 51 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 33 | |
| 23 to 52 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 29 | |
| 45 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.8 | |
| 8.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 4.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 43 | |
| 64 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 30 to 58 | |
| 47 to 90 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 28 to 690 | |
| 64 to 2920 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.1 | |
| 7.3 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 8.5 to 15 | |
| 9.7 to 29 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 11 to 15 | |
| 11 to 24 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 42 | |
| 64 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 9.4 to 16 | |
| 11 to 33 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Beryllium (Be), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 87.5 to 90.5 | |
| 95.7 to 98.7 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 1.3 to 2.5 | |
| 0.2 to 0.6 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0.7 to 1.2 | |
| 1.0 to 1.4 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0.040 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 5.2 to 10.5 | |
| 0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |