C52100 Bronze vs. C54400 Bronze
Both C52100 bronze and C54400 bronze are copper alloys. They have a moderately high 93% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C52100 bronze and the bottom bar is C54400 bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 110 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.34 |
| Rockwell B Hardness | 45 to 100 | |
| 67 to 93 |
| Rockwell Superficial 30T Hardness | 48 to 82 | |
| 33 to 79 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 41 | |
| 40 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 380 to 800 | |
| 330 to 720 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 180 | |
| 170 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1030 | |
| 1000 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 880 | |
| 930 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 370 | |
| 370 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 62 | |
| 86 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 18 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 13 | |
| 19 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 13 | |
| 19 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 34 | |
| 31 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.8 | |
| 8.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.4 | |
| 2.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 55 | |
| 48 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 370 | |
| 340 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.0 | |
| 6.8 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 12 to 25 | |
| 10 to 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 13 to 22 | |
| 12 to 20 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 19 | |
| 26 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 28 | |
| 12 to 26 |
Alloy Composition
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| Copper (Cu), % | 89.8 to 93 | |
| 85.4 to 91.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 3.5 to 4.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0.030 to 0.35 | |
| 0.010 to 0.5 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 7.0 to 9.0 | |
| 3.5 to 4.5 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 1.5 to 4.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |