SAE-AISI D2 Steel vs. C67500 Bronze
SAE-AISI D2 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C67500 bronze belongs to the copper alloys. There are 28 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 SAE-AISI D2 steel and the bottom bar is C67500 bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 100 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 5.0 to 16 | |
| 14 to 33 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.3 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 40 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 460 to 1160 | |
| 270 to 350 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 760 to 2000 | |
| 430 to 580 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 470 to 1510 | |
| 170 to 370 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 170 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 890 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 870 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 31 | |
| 110 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 21 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 4.3 | |
| 24 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 5.1 | |
| 27 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 8.0 | |
| 23 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.4 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 50 | |
| 47 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 100 | |
| 330 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 92 to 100 | |
| 61 to 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 570 to 5940 | |
| 130 to 650 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 7.3 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 27 to 72 | |
| 15 to 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 46 | |
| 16 to 19 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 8.3 | |
| 34 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 25 to 67 | |
| 14 to 19 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Carbon (C), % | 1.4 to 1.6 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 13 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 57 to 60 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 81.3 to 86.9 | |
| 0.8 to 2.0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 0.050 to 0.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.7 to 1.2 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 1.5 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 to 1.1 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 35.1 to 41.7 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |