K93500 Alloy vs. C87700 Bronze
K93500 alloy belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C87700 bronze belongs to the copper alloys. There are 19 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 K93500 alloy and the bottom bar is C87700 bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 110 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 42 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 490 to 810 | |
| 300 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 250 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 980 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 900 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 400 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 18 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 30 | |
| 29 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 8.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.7 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 65 | |
| 45 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 7.4 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 17 to 27 | |
| 9.8 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 to 23 | |
| 12 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 to 25 | |
| 11 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 5.0 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 87.5 to 90.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 61.4 to 63 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.090 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 0.8 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 32 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 2.5 to 3.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 7.0 to 9.0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.8 |