EN 1.8159 Steel vs. C99600 Bronze
EN 1.8159 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C99600 bronze belongs to the copper alloys. There are 20 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.8159 steel and the bottom bar is C99600 bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 150 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 56 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 660 to 1980 | |
| 560 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 240 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 420 | |
| 200 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1100 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1050 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 440 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 19 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.3 | |
| 22 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.1 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.9 | |
| 3.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 26 | |
| 51 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 52 | |
| 300 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 10 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 23 to 70 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 to 45 | |
| 19 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 to 58 | |
| 14 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 2.8 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.47 to 0.55 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.9 to 1.2 | |
| 0 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 50.8 to 60 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 96.4 to 97.8 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.7 to 1.1 | |
| 39 to 45 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.1 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |