C63600 Bronze vs. C78200 Nickel Silver
Both C63600 bronze and C78200 nickel silver are copper alloys. They have 66% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C63600 bronze and the bottom bar is C78200 nickel silver.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 30 to 66 | |
| 3.0 to 40 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.32 |
| Rockwell B Hardness | 71 to 84 | |
| 65 to 90 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 42 | |
| 43 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 320 to 360 | |
| 280 to 400 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 410 to 540 | |
| 370 to 630 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 150 to 260 | |
| 170 to 570 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 230 | |
| 190 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 210 | |
| 160 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1030 | |
| 1000 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 980 | |
| 970 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 410 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 57 | |
| 48 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 19 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 12 | |
| 11 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 13 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 30 | |
| 28 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.6 | |
| 8.4 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.8 | |
| 3.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 45 | |
| 52 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 340 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 98 to 290 | |
| 18 to 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 100 to 300 | |
| 130 to 1440 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.3 | |
| 7.4 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 13 to 18 | |
| 12 to 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 14 to 17 | |
| 14 to 19 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 16 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 to 20 | |
| 12 to 21 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 3.0 to 4.0 | |
| 0 |
| Arsenic (As), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 93 to 96.3 | |
| 63 to 67 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 1.5 to 2.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 7.0 to 9.0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.7 to 1.3 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 20.2 to 28.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |