EN 1.5501 Steel vs. C90900 Bronze
EN 1.5501 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C90900 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 1.5501 steel and the bottom bar is C90900 bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 120 to 150 | |
| 90 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 12 to 17 | |
| 15 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 40 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 390 to 510 | |
| 280 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 260 to 420 | |
| 140 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 190 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 160 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 980 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 820 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 360 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 52 | |
| 65 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 18 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.0 | |
| 11 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.1 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
| 36 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 8.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 3.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 18 | |
| 64 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 46 | |
| 410 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 40 to 83 | |
| 35 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 190 to 460 | |
| 89 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 6.8 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 14 to 18 | |
| 8.8 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 15 to 18 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 21 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 11 to 15 | |
| 10 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Boron (B), % | 0.00080 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.13 to 0.16 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 86 to 89 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 98.4 to 99.269 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 0.8 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| 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 0.050 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 12 to 14 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |