C61300 Bronze vs. SAE-AISI 1095 Steel
C61300 bronze belongs to the copper alloys classification, while SAE-AISI 1095 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 29 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 C61300 bronze and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 1095 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 34 to 40 | |
| 10 to 11 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 43 | |
| 72 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 370 to 390 | |
| 400 to 540 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 550 to 580 | |
| 680 to 900 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 230 to 310 | |
| 500 to 590 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 220 | |
| 240 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 210 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1050 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1040 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 420 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 55 | |
| 47 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 12 | |
| 9.6 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 13 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 29 | |
| 1.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.5 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.0 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 49 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 370 | |
| 45 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 150 to 190 | |
| 63 to 84 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 230 to 410 | |
| 660 to 930 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.5 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 to 19 | |
| 24 to 32 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 22 to 26 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 15 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 to 20 | |
| 22 to 29 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 6.0 to 7.5 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0.9 to 1.0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 88 to 91.8 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 2.0 to 3.0 | |
| 98.4 to 98.8 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0.3 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0.2 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |