EN 1.1122 Steel vs. C94400 Bronze
EN 1.1122 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C94400 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 1.1122 steel and the bottom bar is C94400 bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 100 to 130 | |
| 55 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 100 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 12 to 21 | |
| 18 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.35 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 37 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 340 to 460 | |
| 220 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 240 to 370 | |
| 110 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 180 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 150 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 940 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 790 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 350 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 51 | |
| 52 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 19 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.0 | |
| 10 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.0 | |
| 9.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
| 32 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 9.1 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 3.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 18 | |
| 54 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 46 | |
| 390 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 36 to 89 | |
| 33 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 160 to 360 | |
| 60 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 6.1 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 17 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 12 to 16 | |
| 6.8 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 14 to 17 | |
| 9.0 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 17 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 11 to 15 | |
| 8.3 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.8 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.080 to 0.12 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 76.1 to 84 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 98.7 to 99.62 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 9.0 to 12 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 7.0 to 9.0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.8 |