EN 1.1147 Steel vs. C40500 Penny Bronze
EN 1.1147 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C40500 penny bronze belongs to the copper alloys. There are 29 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 1.1147 steel and the bottom bar is C40500 penny bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 12 to 17 | |
| 3.0 to 49 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 43 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 280 | |
| 210 to 310 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 390 to 470 | |
| 270 to 540 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 280 to 370 | |
| 79 to 520 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 200 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 190 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1060 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1020 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 380 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 51 | |
| 160 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 18 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.1 | |
| 41 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.1 | |
| 42 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
| 30 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 18 | |
| 43 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 46 | |
| 320 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 40 to 73 | |
| 16 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 210 to 370 | |
| 28 to 1200 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 14 to 17 | |
| 8.5 to 17 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 15 to 17 | |
| 10 to 17 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 48 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 15 | |
| 9.5 to 19 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.15 to 0.19 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 94 to 96 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 98.3 to 99.25 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 0.9 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0.7 to 1.3 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 2.1 to 5.3 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |