C66100 Bronze vs. EN 1.5510 Steel
C66100 bronze belongs to the copper alloys classification, while EN 1.5510 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C66100 bronze and the bottom bar is EN 1.5510 steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
190 |
Elongation at Break, % | 8.0 to 40 | |
11 to 21 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
0.29 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 43 | |
73 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 280 to 460 | |
310 to 380 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 410 to 790 | |
450 to 1600 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 120 to 430 | |
310 to 520 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 260 | |
250 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 200 | |
400 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1050 | |
1460 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1000 | |
1420 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 400 | |
470 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 34 | |
51 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 29 | |
1.9 |
Density, g/cm3 | 8.7 | |
7.8 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
1.4 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 42 | |
19 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 300 | |
47 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 53 to 120 | |
46 to 260 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 60 to 790 | |
260 to 710 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.4 | |
13 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
24 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 13 to 25 | |
16 to 57 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 14 to 22 | |
17 to 39 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 9.7 | |
14 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 to 29 | |
13 to 47 |
Alloy Composition
Boron (B), % | 0 | |
0.00080 to 0.0050 |
Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
0.25 to 0.3 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.3 |
Copper (Cu), % | 92 to 97 | |
0 to 0.25 |
Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
97.9 to 99.149 |
Lead (Pb), % | 0.2 to 0.8 | |
0 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
0.6 to 0.9 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.025 |
Silicon (Si), % | 2.8 to 3.5 | |
0 to 0.3 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.025 |
Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
0 |
Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
0 |