C61000 Bronze vs. ZA-8
C61000 bronze belongs to the copper alloys classification, while ZA-8 belongs to the zinc alloys. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C61000 bronze and the bottom bar is ZA-8.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 85 to 86 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 29 to 50 | |
| 1.3 to 8.0 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.26 |
| Rockwell B Hardness | 60 to 85 | |
| 54 to 65 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 42 | |
| 34 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 280 to 300 | |
| 240 to 280 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 390 to 460 | |
| 210 to 370 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 150 to 190 | |
| 210 to 290 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 220 | |
| 110 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 210 | |
| 100 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1040 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 990 | |
| 380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 420 | |
| 440 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 69 | |
| 120 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 23 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 15 | |
| 28 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 16 | |
| 40 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 29 | |
| 11 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.5 | |
| 6.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.0 | |
| 3.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 49 | |
| 62 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 370 | |
| 420 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 160 | |
| 2.8 to 28 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 100 to 160 | |
| 260 to 490 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.4 | |
| 7.5 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 13 to 15 | |
| 9.3 to 17 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 14 to 16 | |
| 12 to 18 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 19 | |
| 42 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 16 | |
| 7.6 to 13 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 6.0 to 8.5 | |
| 8.0 to 8.8 |
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0060 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 90.2 to 94 | |
| 0.8 to 1.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.075 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.0060 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 | |
| 0.015 to 0.030 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0030 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 89.7 to 91.2 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |