C95400 Bronze vs. Austempered Cast Iron
C95400 bronze belongs to the copper alloys classification, while austempered cast iron belongs to the iron alloys. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C95400 bronze and the bottom bar is austempered cast iron.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 160 to 200 | |
| 270 to 490 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 180 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 8.1 to 16 | |
| 1.1 to 13 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 43 | |
| 62 to 69 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 600 to 710 | |
| 860 to 1800 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 240 to 360 | |
| 560 to 1460 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 230 | |
| 280 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1040 | |
| 1380 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1030 | |
| 1340 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 440 | |
| 490 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 59 | |
| 42 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 27 | |
| 2.9 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 7.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.2 | |
| 1.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 53 | |
| 25 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 390 | |
| 48 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 48 to 75 | |
| 19 to 95 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 250 to 560 | |
| 880 to 3970 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.7 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 20 to 24 | |
| 32 to 66 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 to 22 | |
| 27 to 44 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 16 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 to 25 | |
| 25 to 53 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 10 to 11.5 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Arsenic (As), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 3.4 to 3.8 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 83 to 87 | |
| 0 to 0.8 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 3.0 to 5.0 | |
| 89.6 to 94 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0.3 to 0.4 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Selenium (Se), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 2.3 to 2.7 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |