EN 1.0308 Steel vs. C61500 Bronze
EN 1.0308 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C61500 bronze belongs to the copper alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.0308 steel and the bottom bar is C61500 bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 7.8 to 28 | |
| 3.0 to 55 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 42 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 230 to 260 | |
| 350 to 550 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 360 to 440 | |
| 480 to 970 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 190 to 340 | |
| 150 to 720 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 220 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 220 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1040 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1030 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 430 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 51 | |
| 58 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 18 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.1 | |
| 13 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.1 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
| 29 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 8.4 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 3.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 18 | |
| 52 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 46 | |
| 380 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 32 to 95 | |
| 27 to 200 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 93 to 300 | |
| 100 to 2310 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 7.5 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 13 to 16 | |
| 16 to 32 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 14 to 16 | |
| 16 to 26 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 16 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 11 to 14 | |
| 17 to 34 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 7.7 to 8.3 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.17 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 89 to 90.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 98.2 to 100 | |
| 0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.2 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 1.8 to 2.2 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |