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C61800 Bronze vs. 515.0 Aluminum

C61800 bronze belongs to the copper alloys classification, while 515.0 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 23 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown. Please note that the two materials have significantly dissimilar densities. This means that additional care is required when interpreting the data, because some material properties are based on units of mass, while others are based on units of area or volume.

For each property being compared, the top bar is C61800 bronze and the bottom bar is 515.0 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 110
70
Elongation at Break, % 26
10
Fatigue Strength, MPa 190
130
Poisson's Ratio 0.34
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 44
26
Shear Strength, MPa 310
190
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 740
280

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 230
470
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 220
170
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1050
620
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1040
620
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 440
900
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 18
23

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 28
9.5
Density, g/cm3 8.3
2.6
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.1
8.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 52
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 390
1120

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 7.5
15
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 19
52
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 25
30
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22
36
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 26
13

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 8.5 to 11
93.6 to 96.6
Copper (Cu), % 86.9 to 91
0 to 0.2
Iron (Fe), % 0.5 to 1.5
0 to 1.3
Lead (Pb), % 0 to 0.020
0
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
2.5 to 4.0
Manganese (Mn), % 0
0.4 to 0.6
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.1
0.5 to 10
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.020
0 to 0.1
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.15