EN 1.7117 Steel vs. C63020 Bronze
EN 1.7117 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C63020 bronze belongs to the copper alloys. There are 22 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.7117 steel and the bottom bar is C63020 bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 120 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 44 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 660 to 1930 | |
| 1020 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 230 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 420 | |
| 230 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1070 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1020 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 450 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 43 | |
| 40 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 18 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.6 | |
| 29 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 | |
| 3.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 21 | |
| 58 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 51 | |
| 390 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 8.0 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 to 69 | |
| 34 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 44 | |
| 27 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 12 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 20 to 58 | |
| 35 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 10 to 11 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.49 to 0.56 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.7 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 74.7 to 81.8 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 95.2 to 96.4 | |
| 4.0 to 5.5 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.7 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0.5 to 0.7 | |
| 4.2 to 6.0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 1.2 to 1.5 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |