EN 1.6570 Steel vs. CC212E Bronze
EN 1.6570 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while CC212E bronze belongs to the copper alloys. There are 27 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 1.6570 steel and the bottom bar is CC212E bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 270 to 340 | |
| 170 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 130 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 17 | |
| 20 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 47 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 910 to 1130 | |
| 710 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 760 to 1060 | |
| 310 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 230 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 440 | |
| 220 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1080 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1020 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 440 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 18 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.7 | |
| 3.0 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.8 | |
| 3.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 3.9 | |
| 27 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.7 | |
| 3.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 23 | |
| 55 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 56 | |
| 370 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 120 to 140 | |
| 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1520 to 3010 | |
| 390 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 8.5 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 32 to 40 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 27 to 31 | |
| 21 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 27 to 33 | |
| 22 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 7.0 to 9.0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.28 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 1.0 to 1.4 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 68 to 77 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 94 to 96.2 | |
| 2.0 to 4.0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 1.0 | |
| 8.0 to 15 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.3 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.6 to 2.1 | |
| 1.5 to 4.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |