SAE-AISI H23 Steel vs. C40500 Penny Bronze
SAE-AISI H23 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C40500 penny bronze belongs to the copper alloys. There are 21 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI H23 steel and the bottom bar is C40500 penny bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 110 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 80 | |
| 43 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 760 to 1550 | |
| 270 to 540 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 260 | |
| 200 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1680 | |
| 1060 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1630 | |
| 1020 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 440 | |
| 380 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 20 | |
| 160 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 18 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 34 | |
| 30 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.7 | |
| 8.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 6.9 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 110 | |
| 43 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 120 | |
| 320 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 to 49 | |
| 8.5 to 17 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 to 34 | |
| 10 to 17 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 5.2 | |
| 48 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 to 47 | |
| 9.5 to 19 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.25 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 12.8 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 94 to 96 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 71.3 to 76.7 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.15 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.15 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0.7 to 1.3 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 11 to 12.8 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.75 to 1.3 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 2.1 to 5.3 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |