C87300 Bronze vs. C87600 Bronze
Both C87300 bronze and C87600 bronze are copper alloys. Both are furnished in the as-fabricated (no temper or treatment) condition. They have a moderately high 95% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C87300 bronze and the bottom bar is C87600 bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 110 | 
| Elongation at Break, % | 22 | |
| 18 | 
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.33 | 
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 43 | |
| 42 | 
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 350 | |
| 470 | 
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 140 | |
| 230 | 
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 280 | 
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 200 | |
| 190 | 
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 970 | |
| 970 | 
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 820 | |
| 860 | 
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 410 | |
| 410 | 
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 28 | |
| 28 | 
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 17 | 
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 6.1 | |
| 6.0 | 
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 6.4 | |
| 6.4 | 
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 29 | |
| 29 | 
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.6 | |
| 8.5 | 
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 2.7 | 
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 42 | |
| 43 | 
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 300 | |
| 300 | 
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 62 | |
| 71 | 
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 86 | |
| 240 | 
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.5 | |
| 7.4 | 
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 19 | 
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 11 | |
| 16 | 
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 13 | |
| 16 | 
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 8.0 | |
| 8.1 | 
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 | |
| 17 | 
Alloy Composition
| Copper (Cu), % | 94 to 95.7 | |
| 88 to 92.5 | 
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 | 
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.5 | 
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.8 to 1.5 | |
| 0 | 
| Silicon (Si), % | 3.5 to 5.0 | |
| 3.5 to 5.5 | 
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 4.0 to 7.0 | 
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |