C87610 Bronze vs. C96800 Copper
Both C87610 bronze and C96800 copper are copper alloys. Both are furnished in the as-fabricated (no temper or treatment) condition. They have 90% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C87610 bronze and the bottom bar is C96800 copper.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 22 | |
| 3.4 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 43 | |
| 46 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 350 | |
| 1010 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 140 | |
| 860 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 220 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 190 | |
| 220 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 970 | |
| 1120 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 820 | |
| 1060 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 410 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 28 | |
| 52 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 6.1 | |
| 10 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 6.4 | |
| 10 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 29 | |
| 34 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.5 | |
| 8.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 3.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 43 | |
| 52 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 300 | |
| 300 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 62 | |
| 33 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 88 | |
| 3000 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.4 | |
| 7.6 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 11 | |
| 32 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 13 | |
| 25 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 8.1 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 | |
| 35 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 90 to 94 | |
| 87.1 to 90.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0.050 to 0.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 9.5 to 10.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 3.0 to 5.0 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0025 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 3.0 to 5.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |