C94500 Bronze vs. CC331G Bronze
Both C94500 bronze and CC331G bronze are copper alloys. Both are furnished in the as-fabricated (no temper or treatment) condition. They have 73% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C94500 bronze and the bottom bar is CC331G bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 50 | |
| 140 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 92 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 12 | |
| 20 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.36 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 34 | |
| 43 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 170 | |
| 620 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 83 | |
| 240 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 160 | |
| 230 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 130 | |
| 220 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 940 | |
| 1060 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 800 | |
| 1000 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 330 | |
| 440 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 52 | |
| 61 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 20 | |
| 18 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 10 | |
| 13 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 9.7 | |
| 14 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 30 | |
| 28 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 9.3 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.2 | |
| 3.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 51 | |
| 53 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 380 | |
| 390 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 17 | |
| 97 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 37 | |
| 250 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 5.5 | |
| 7.6 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 16 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 5.2 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 7.4 | |
| 19 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 17 | |
| 17 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 6.7 | |
| 22 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 8.5 to 10.5 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 to 0.8 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 66.7 to 78 | |
| 83 to 86.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 1.5 to 3.5 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 16 to 22 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 6.0 to 8.0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 1.2 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |