C87200 Bronze vs. K93500 Alloy
C87200 bronze belongs to the copper alloys classification, while K93500 alloy belongs to the iron alloys. There are 19 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C87200 bronze and the bottom bar is K93500 alloy.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.3 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 43 | |
| 72 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 380 | |
| 490 to 810 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 260 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 970 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 860 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 410 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 29 | |
| 30 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.6 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 4.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 44 | |
| 65 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.4 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 12 | |
| 17 to 27 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 14 | |
| 17 to 23 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 | |
| 15 to 25 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 5.0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 89 to 99 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 2.5 | |
| 61.4 to 63 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 32 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 1.0 to 5.0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 5.0 | |
| 0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |