C92800 Bronze vs. SAE-AISI M50 Steel
C92800 bronze belongs to the copper alloys classification, while SAE-AISI M50 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 21 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C92800 bronze and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI M50 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 100 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.35 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 37 | |
| 75 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 280 | |
| 720 to 2250 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 170 | |
| 260 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 960 | |
| 1480 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 820 | |
| 1440 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 350 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 9.0 | |
| 8.7 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 9.3 | |
| 10 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 36 | |
| 9.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.7 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.1 | |
| 5.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 67 | |
| 74 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 430 | |
| 83 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 6.4 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 8.8 | |
| 26 to 80 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 11 | |
| 23 to 49 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 11 | |
| 21 to 66 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0.78 to 0.88 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 3.8 to 4.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 78 to 82 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 87 to 90.4 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 4.0 to 6.0 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.45 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 3.9 to 4.8 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.8 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0.2 to 0.6 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 15 to 17 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.8 to 1.3 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.8 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.7 | |
| 0 |