C81500 Copper vs. CC496K Bronze
Both C81500 copper and CC496K bronze are copper alloys. They have 76% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C81500 copper and the bottom bar is CC496K bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 110 | |
| 72 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 97 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 17 | |
| 8.6 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.35 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 44 | |
| 36 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 350 | |
| 210 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 280 | |
| 99 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 210 | |
| 170 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 200 | |
| 140 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1090 | |
| 900 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1080 | |
| 820 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 340 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 320 | |
| 52 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 19 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 82 | |
| 11 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 83 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 31 | |
| 31 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.9 | |
| 9.2 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 3.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 41 | |
| 52 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 380 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 56 | |
| 15 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 330 | |
| 50 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.3 | |
| 5.9 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 17 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 11 | |
| 6.5 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 12 | |
| 8.6 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 91 | |
| 17 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 | |
| 8.1 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.4 to 1.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 97.4 to 99.6 | |
| 72 to 79.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 13 to 17 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 2.0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 6.0 to 8.0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |