C53800 Bronze vs. C74400 Nickel Silver
Both C53800 bronze and C74400 nickel silver are copper alloys. They have 64% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C53800 bronze and the bottom bar is C74400 nickel silver.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.3 | |
| 43 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.31 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 40 | |
| 39 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 470 | |
| 240 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 830 | |
| 350 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 660 | |
| 120 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 190 | |
| 180 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 160 | |
| 140 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 980 | |
| 930 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 800 | |
| 910 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 360 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 61 | |
| 120 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 20 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 9.0 | |
| 26 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 9.3 | |
| 29 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 37 | |
| 25 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.7 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.9 | |
| 2.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 64 | |
| 48 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 420 | |
| 320 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 18 | |
| 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 2020 | |
| 63 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 6.8 | |
| 7.4 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 | |
| 12 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 19 | |
| 37 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 31 | |
| 12 |
Alloy Composition
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| Copper (Cu), % | 85.1 to 86.5 | |
| 62 to 66 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0.4 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 2.0 to 4.0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 13.1 to 13.9 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.12 | |
| 29.6 to 36 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |