EN 1.0213 Steel vs. CC212E Bronze
EN 1.0213 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while CC212E bronze belongs to the copper alloys. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.0213 steel and the bottom bar is CC212E bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 92 to 120 | |
| 170 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 130 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 12 to 25 | |
| 20 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 47 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 320 to 430 | |
| 710 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 220 to 330 | |
| 310 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 230 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 220 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1470 | |
| 1080 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1020 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 440 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 18 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 6.9 | |
| 3.0 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 7.9 | |
| 3.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
| 27 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 3.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 18 | |
| 55 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 46 | |
| 370 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 33 to 98 | |
| 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 120 to 300 | |
| 390 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 8.5 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 11 to 15 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 13 to 16 | |
| 21 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 10 to 14 | |
| 22 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.020 to 0.060 | |
| 7.0 to 9.0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.060 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 68 to 77 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 99.245 to 99.67 | |
| 2.0 to 4.0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.25 to 0.45 | |
| 8.0 to 15 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 1.5 to 4.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |