C92300 Bronze vs. SAE-AISI 1040 Steel
C92300 bronze belongs to the copper alloys classification, while SAE-AISI 1040 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C92300 bronze and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 1040 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 19 | |
| 13 to 20 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 40 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 300 | |
| 570 to 640 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 140 | |
| 320 to 530 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 190 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 170 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1000 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 850 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 370 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 75 | |
| 51 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 12 | |
| 7.0 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 12 | |
| 8.0 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 33 | |
| 1.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.7 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.4 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 56 | |
| 18 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 370 | |
| 46 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 47 | |
| 79 to 96 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 86 | |
| 270 to 760 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 6.9 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 9.5 | |
| 20 to 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 11 | |
| 19 to 21 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 23 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 11 | |
| 18 to 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0.37 to 0.44 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 85 to 89 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 98.6 to 99.03 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0.3 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.6 to 0.9 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 7.5 to 9.0 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 2.5 to 5.0 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.7 | |
| 0 |