C94900 Bronze vs. EN 1.5525 Steel
C94900 bronze belongs to the copper alloys classification, while EN 1.5525 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 26 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 C94900 bronze and the bottom bar is EN 1.5525 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 17 | |
| 11 to 21 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 41 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 300 | |
| 440 to 1440 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 130 | |
| 300 to 490 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 190 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 170 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 980 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 910 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 370 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 14 | |
| 7.1 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 14 | |
| 8.2 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 32 | |
| 1.9 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.4 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 55 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 350 | |
| 48 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 41 | |
| 44 to 240 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 72 | |
| 240 to 640 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 6.9 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 9.4 | |
| 16 to 51 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 11 | |
| 16 to 36 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 11 | |
| 13 to 42 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0.00080 to 0.0050 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0.18 to 0.23 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 79 to 81 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 97.7 to 98.9 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 4.0 to 6.0 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0.9 to 1.2 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 4.0 to 6.0 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 4.0 to 6.0 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 4.0 to 6.0 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.8 | |
| 0 |