EN 1.5521 Steel vs. C92200 Bronze
EN 1.5521 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C92200 bronze belongs to the copper alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.5521 steel and the bottom bar is C92200 bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 21 | |
| 25 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 210 to 310 | |
| 76 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 41 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 430 to 1390 | |
| 280 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 300 to 490 | |
| 140 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 190 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 170 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 990 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 830 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 370 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 51 | |
| 70 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 19 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.1 | |
| 14 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.1 | |
| 14 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.9 | |
| 32 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 3.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 52 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 47 | |
| 360 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 44 to 230 | |
| 58 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 250 to 630 | |
| 87 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 6.9 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 15 to 49 | |
| 8.9 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 16 to 35 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 21 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 41 | |
| 9.9 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Boron (B), % | 0.00080 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.16 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 86 to 90 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 98 to 98.9 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 2.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.9 to 1.2 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 5.5 to 6.5 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 3.0 to 5.0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.7 |