C50100 Bronze vs. C12600 Copper
Both C50100 bronze and C12600 copper are copper alloys. Both are furnished in the O61 (annealed) temper. Their average alloy composition is basically identical. 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 C50100 bronze and the bottom bar is C12600 copper.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 40 | |
| 56 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 43 | |
| 56 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 180 | |
| 190 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 270 | |
| 270 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 82 | |
| 69 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 210 | |
| 210 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1080 | |
| 1080 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1070 | |
| 1030 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 380 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 230 | |
| 130 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 55 | |
| 29 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 55 | |
| 29 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 31 | |
| 30 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.9 | |
| 8.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 2.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 42 | |
| 41 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 82 | |
| 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 29 | |
| 21 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 8.3 | |
| 8.2 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 10 | |
| 10 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 66 | |
| 39 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 9.5 | |
| 9.5 |
Alloy Composition
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| Copper (Cu), % | 98.6 to 99.49 | |
| 99.5 to 99.8 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0.010 to 0.050 | |
| 0.2 to 0.4 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0.5 to 0.8 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |