EN 1.5024 Steel vs. C66100 Bronze
EN 1.5024 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C66100 bronze belongs to the copper alloys. There are 22 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.5024 steel and the bottom bar is C66100 bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 120 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 43 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 670 to 1930 | |
| 410 to 790 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 260 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 200 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1050 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1000 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 400 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 50 | |
| 34 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.9 | |
| 29 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 8.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 2.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 42 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 45 | |
| 300 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 7.4 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 to 69 | |
| 13 to 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 45 | |
| 14 to 22 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 9.7 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 20 to 58 | |
| 15 to 29 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.42 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 92 to 97 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 96.7 to 97.6 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.5 to 0.8 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 1.5 to 2.0 | |
| 2.8 to 3.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |