SAE-AISI 1055 Steel vs. C67600 Bronze
SAE-AISI 1055 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C67600 bronze belongs to the copper alloys. There are 29 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 SAE-AISI 1055 steel and the bottom bar is C67600 bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 100 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 14 | |
| 13 to 33 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.31 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 40 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 440 to 450 | |
| 270 to 350 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 730 to 750 | |
| 430 to 570 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 400 to 630 | |
| 170 to 380 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 170 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 120 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 890 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 870 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 380 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 51 | |
| 110 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 21 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 11 | |
| 24 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 12 | |
| 27 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
| 23 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 18 | |
| 47 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 46 | |
| 330 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 80 to 85 | |
| 63 to 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 440 to 1070 | |
| 140 to 680 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 | |
| 15 to 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 16 to 19 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 35 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 to 24 | |
| 14 to 19 |
Alloy Composition
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| Carbon (C), % | 0.5 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 57 to 60 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 98.4 to 98.9 | |
| 0.4 to 1.3 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 1.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 0.9 | |
| 0.050 to 0.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 1.5 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 35.2 to 41.6 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |