C64700 Bronze vs. EN 1.5502 Steel
C64700 bronze belongs to the copper alloys classification, while EN 1.5502 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 C64700 bronze and the bottom bar is EN 1.5502 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 9.0 | |
| 12 to 20 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 44 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 390 | |
| 280 to 330 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 660 | |
| 400 to 1380 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 560 | |
| 270 to 440 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 220 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 200 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1090 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1030 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 210 | |
| 52 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 38 | |
| 7.1 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 38 | |
| 8.1 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 31 | |
| 1.9 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 43 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 47 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 57 | |
| 41 to 210 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1370 | |
| 200 to 520 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.3 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 | |
| 14 to 49 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 15 to 35 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 59 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 24 | |
| 12 to 40 |
Alloy Composition
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0.00080 to 0.0050 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.2 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 95.8 to 98 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 98 to 99.249 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.6 to 0.9 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.6 to 2.2 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.4 to 0.8 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |