MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

C61800 Bronze vs. SAE-AISI M1 Steel

C61800 bronze belongs to the copper alloys classification, while SAE-AISI M1 steel belongs to the iron 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 C61800 bronze and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI M1 steel.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 110
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.34
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 44
77
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 740
730 to 2140

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 230
270
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1050
1560
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1040
1510
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 440
450
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 64
29
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 18
12

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 28
18
Density, g/cm3 8.3
8.1
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.1
7.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 52
99
Embodied Water, L/kg 390
98

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 7.5
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 19
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 25
25 to 73
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22
22 to 45
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 18
8.0
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 26
23 to 66

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 8.5 to 11
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0.78 to 0.88
Chromium (Cr), % 0
3.5 to 4.0
Copper (Cu), % 86.9 to 91
0 to 0.25
Iron (Fe), % 0.5 to 1.5
81 to 84.8
Lead (Pb), % 0 to 0.020
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0
0.15 to 0.4
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
8.2 to 9.2
Nickel (Ni), % 0
0 to 0.3
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.1
0.2 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.030
Tungsten (W), % 0
1.4 to 2.1
Vanadium (V), % 0
1.0 to 1.4
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.020
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.5
0