C66100 Bronze vs. EN 1.7703 Steel
C66100 bronze belongs to the copper alloys classification, while EN 1.7703 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C66100 bronze and the bottom bar is EN 1.7703 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 8.0 to 40 | |
| 20 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 43 | |
| 74 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 280 to 460 | |
| 420 to 430 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 410 to 790 | |
| 670 to 690 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 120 to 430 | |
| 460 to 500 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 260 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 200 | |
| 460 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1050 | |
| 1470 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1000 | |
| 1430 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 400 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 34 | |
| 39 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 29 | |
| 4.2 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.7 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 2.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 42 | |
| 35 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 300 | |
| 61 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 53 to 120 | |
| 120 to 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 60 to 790 | |
| 570 to 650 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.4 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 13 to 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 14 to 22 | |
| 22 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 9.7 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 to 29 | |
| 19 to 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0.11 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 2.0 to 2.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 92 to 97 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 94.6 to 96.4 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0.2 to 0.8 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0.3 to 0.6 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.9 to 1.1 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.070 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.012 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 2.8 to 3.5 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.25 to 0.35 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |