AISI W5 Steel vs. C66100 Bronze
AISI W5 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C66100 bronze belongs to the copper alloys. There are 21 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI W5 steel and the bottom bar is C66100 bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 120 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 43 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 600 to 2360 | |
| 410 to 790 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 260 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1050 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1000 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 400 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 45 | |
| 34 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.3 | |
| 29 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.6 | |
| 2.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 21 | |
| 42 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 48 | |
| 300 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 7.4 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 84 | |
| 13 to 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 50 | |
| 14 to 22 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 12 | |
| 9.7 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 20 to 78 | |
| 15 to 29 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 1.1 to 1.2 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.4 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 92 to 97 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 96.6 to 98.4 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.1 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.1 to 0.4 | |
| 2.8 to 3.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |