MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

EN 1.7231 Steel vs. C95520 Bronze

EN 1.7231 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C95520 bronze belongs to the copper alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.7231 steel and the bottom bar is C95520 bronze.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 240 to 280
280
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
120
Elongation at Break, % 11 to 12
2.6
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
44
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 790 to 930
970
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 570 to 800
530

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
240
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 420
240
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1070
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1020
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
450
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 46
40
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
18

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.3
11
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.4
12

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 2.5
29
Density, g/cm3 7.8
8.2
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.5
3.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 20
58
Embodied Water, L/kg 51
390

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 87 to 100
21
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 870 to 1700
1210
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
8.0
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
20
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 28 to 33
33
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 24 to 27
27
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 12
11
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 23 to 27
33

Alloy Composition


Deprecated: Automatic conversion of false to array is deprecated in /home/public/compare.php on line 460
Aluminum (Al), % 0
10.5 to 11.5
Carbon (C), % 0.38 to 0.45
0
Chromium (Cr), % 0.8 to 1.2
0 to 0.050
Cobalt (Co), % 0
0 to 0.2
Copper (Cu), % 0
74.5 to 81.3
Iron (Fe), % 96.4 to 98.1
4.0 to 5.5
Lead (Pb), % 0
0 to 0.030
Manganese (Mn), % 0.6 to 1.0
0 to 1.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.15 to 0.3
0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
4.2 to 6.0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.6
0 to 0.15
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0
Tin (Sn), % 0
0 to 0.25
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.3
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.5