C90500 Gun Metal vs. C40500 Penny Bronze
Both C90500 gun metal and C40500 penny bronze are copper alloys. They have a moderately high 91% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C90500 gun metal and the bottom bar is C40500 penny bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 20 | |
| 3.0 to 49 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 40 | |
| 43 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 320 | |
| 270 to 540 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 160 | |
| 79 to 520 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 170 | |
| 190 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1000 | |
| 1060 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 850 | |
| 1020 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 370 | |
| 380 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 75 | |
| 160 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 18 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 11 | |
| 41 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 11 | |
| 42 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 35 | |
| 30 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.7 | |
| 8.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.6 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 59 | |
| 43 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 390 | |
| 320 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 54 | |
| 16 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 110 | |
| 28 to 1200 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 6.9 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 10 | |
| 8.5 to 17 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 12 | |
| 10 to 17 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 23 | |
| 48 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 | |
| 9.5 to 19 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 86 to 89 | |
| 94 to 96 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 9.0 to 11 | |
| 0.7 to 1.3 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 1.0 to 3.0 | |
| 2.1 to 5.3 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |