MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

EN 1.3553 Steel vs. CC492K Bronze

EN 1.3553 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while CC492K bronze belongs to the copper alloys. There are 25 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 1.3553 steel and the bottom bar is CC492K bronze.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 220
78
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
110
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.34
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
40
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 720
280

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 260
190
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 540
170
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1620
1000
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1570
900
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 440
370
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 24
73
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 12
18

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 10
13
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 11
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 24
33
Density, g/cm3 8.4
8.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.5
3.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 130
54
Embodied Water, L/kg 96
370

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
6.8
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 23
18
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 24
8.7
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21
11
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 6.4
23
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 21
10

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0 to 0.010
Antimony (Sb), % 0
0 to 0.25
Carbon (C), % 0.78 to 0.86
0
Chromium (Cr), % 3.9 to 4.3
0
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.3
83 to 89
Iron (Fe), % 80.7 to 83.7
0 to 0.2
Lead (Pb), % 0
2.5 to 3.5
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.4
0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 4.7 to 5.2
0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
0 to 2.0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.1
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.4
0 to 0.010
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.1
Tin (Sn), % 0
6.0 to 8.0
Tungsten (W), % 6.0 to 6.7
0
Vanadium (V), % 1.7 to 2.0
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0
1.5 to 3.0