MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

EN 1.3539 Steel vs. CC480K Bronze

EN 1.3539 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while CC480K bronze belongs to the copper alloys. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.3539 steel and the bottom bar is CC480K bronze.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 200
88
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
110
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.34
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
41
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 670
300

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 260
190
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 450
170
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1010
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
900
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
370
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 39
63
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
18

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.5
11
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.7
11

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 3.2
35
Density, g/cm3 7.8
8.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.7
3.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 22
59
Embodied Water, L/kg 57
390

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
6.9
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
18
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 24
9.6
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22
11
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 11
20
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 20
11

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0 to 0.050
0 to 0.010
Antimony (Sb), % 0
0 to 0.2
Carbon (C), % 0.93 to 1.1
0
Chromium (Cr), % 1.8 to 2.1
0
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.3
86 to 90
Iron (Fe), % 95.2 to 96.5
0 to 0.2
Lead (Pb), % 0
0 to 1.0
Manganese (Mn), % 0.8 to 1.1
0 to 0.1
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.5 to 0.6
0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
0 to 2.0
Oxygen (O), % 0 to 0.0015
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.2
Silicon (Si), % 0.4 to 0.6
0 to 0.020
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.050
Tin (Sn), % 0
9.0 to 11
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.5