C61900 Bronze vs. Monel K-500
C61900 bronze belongs to the copper alloys classification, while Monel K-500 belongs to the nickel alloys. They have a modest 34% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C61900 bronze and the bottom bar is Monel K-500.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 160 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 21 to 32 | |
| 25 to 36 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 43 | |
| 61 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 370 to 410 | |
| 430 to 700 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 570 to 650 | |
| 640 to 1100 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 230 to 310 | |
| 310 to 880 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 230 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 220 | |
| 900 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1050 | |
| 1350 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1040 | |
| 1320 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 440 | |
| 440 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 79 | |
| 18 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 14 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 11 | |
| 3.1 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 11 | |
| 3.2 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 28 | |
| 50 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.3 | |
| 8.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.1 | |
| 8.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 51 | |
| 120 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 380 | |
| 280 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 150 | |
| 180 to 260 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 230 to 430 | |
| 300 to 2420 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.6 | |
| 10 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 19 to 22 | |
| 21 to 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 to 20 | |
| 19 to 27 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 22 | |
| 4.8 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 20 to 23 | |
| 21 to 36 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 8.5 to 10 | |
| 2.3 to 3.2 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.18 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 83.6 to 88.5 | |
| 27 to 33 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 3.0 to 4.5 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 63 to 70.4 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0.35 to 0.85 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.8 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |