SAE-AISI 1030 Steel vs. CC212E Bronze
SAE-AISI 1030 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 SAE-AISI 1030 steel and the bottom bar is CC212E bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 150 to 160 | |
| 170 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 130 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 22 | |
| 20 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 47 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 530 to 590 | |
| 710 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 300 to 490 | |
| 310 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 230 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 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 | 12 | |
| 18 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.0 | |
| 3.0 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.0 | |
| 3.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
| 27 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 3.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 18 | |
| 55 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 46 | |
| 370 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 77 to 100 | |
| 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 230 to 650 | |
| 390 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 8.5 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 19 to 21 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 to 20 | |
| 21 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 to 19 | |
| 22 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 7.0 to 9.0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.28 to 0.34 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 68 to 77 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 98.7 to 99.12 | |
| 2.0 to 4.0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 0.9 | |
| 8.0 to 15 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 1.5 to 4.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |