C66100 Bronze vs. SAE-AISI 1060 Steel
C66100 bronze belongs to the copper alloys classification, while SAE-AISI 1060 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 SAE-AISI 1060 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 8.0 to 40 | |
| 10 to 13 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 43 | |
| 72 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 280 to 460 | |
| 370 to 450 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 410 to 790 | |
| 620 to 740 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 120 to 430 | |
| 400 to 540 |
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 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 29 | |
| 1.8 |
| 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 | |
| 46 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 53 to 120 | |
| 58 to 82 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 60 to 790 | |
| 430 to 790 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.4 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 13 to 25 | |
| 22 to 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 14 to 22 | |
| 21 to 23 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 9.7 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 to 29 | |
| 20 to 24 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0.55 to 0.65 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 92 to 97 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 98.4 to 98.9 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0.2 to 0.8 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0.6 to 0.9 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 2.8 to 3.5 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |