C52400 Bronze vs. Nuclear Grade Hafnium
C52400 bronze belongs to the copper alloys classification, while nuclear grade hafnium belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals. There are 13 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (17, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C52400 bronze and the bottom bar is nuclear grade hafnium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 78 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.26 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 41 | |
| 31 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 450 to 880 | |
| 350 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 190 | |
| 130 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 370 | |
| 140 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 5.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.8 | |
| 13 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 6.9 | |
| 3.3 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 11 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 14 to 28 | |
| 7.4 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 15 to 23 | |
| 8.4 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 to 32 | |
| 55 |
Alloy Composition
| Copper (Cu), % | 87.8 to 91 | |
| 0 |
| Hafnium (Hf), % | 0 | |
| 99.8 to 100 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0.030 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 9.0 to 11 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.23 |