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Annealed (OS050) C52100 Bronze

OS050 C52100 bronze is C52100 bronze in the OS050 (annealed to 0.050mm grain size) temper. It has the lowest strength and highest ductility compared to the other variants of C52100 bronze. The graph bars on the material properties cards below compare OS050 C52100 bronze to: wrought bronzes (top), all copper alloys (middle), and the entire database (bottom). A full bar means this is the highest value in the relevant set. A half-full bar means it's 50% of the highest, and so on.

Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus

110 GPa 16 x 106 psi

Elongation at Break

70 %

Poisson's Ratio

0.34

Rockwell F Hardness

75

Shear Modulus

41 GPa 6.0 x 106 psi

Shear Strength

290 MPa 43 x 103 psi

Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS)

380 MPa 55 x 103 psi

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion

200 J/g

Maximum Temperature: Mechanical

180 °C 350 °F

Melting Completion (Liquidus)

1030 °C 1880 °F

Melting Onset (Solidus)

880 °C 1620 °F

Specific Heat Capacity

370 J/kg-K 0.089 BTU/lb-°F

Thermal Conductivity

62 W/m-K 36 BTU/h-ft-°F

Thermal Expansion

18 µm/m-K

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume

13 % IACS

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific)

13 % IACS

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price

34 % relative

Density

8.8 g/cm3 550 lb/ft3

Embodied Carbon

3.4 kg CO2/kg material

Embodied Energy

55 MJ/kg 24 x 103 BTU/lb

Embodied Water

370 L/kg 44 gal/lb

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial

7.0 points

Stiffness to Weight: Bending

18 points

Strength to Weight: Axial

12 points

Strength to Weight: Bending

13 points

Thermal Diffusivity

19 mm2/s

Thermal Shock Resistance

14 points

Alloy Composition

Copper (Cu)Cu 89.8 to 93
Tin (Sn)Sn 7.0 to 9.0
Phosphorus (P)P 0.030 to 0.35
Zinc (Zn)Zn 0 to 0.2
Iron (Fe)Fe 0 to 0.1
Lead (Pb)Pb 0 to 0.050
Residualsres. 0 to 0.5

All values are % weight. Ranges represent what is permitted under applicable standards.

Followup Questions

Further Reading

Copper: Its Trade, Manufacture, Use, and Environmental Status, Gunter Joseph, 2001

Properties and Selection: Nonferrous Alloys and Special-Purpose Materials, ASM Handbook vol. 2, ASM International, 1993