SAE-AISI 1080 Steel vs. C91000 Bronze
SAE-AISI 1080 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C91000 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 1080 steel and the bottom bar is C91000 bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 220 to 260 | |
| 180 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 | |
| 7.0 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 39 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 770 to 870 | |
| 230 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 480 to 590 | |
| 150 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 180 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 160 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 960 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 820 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 360 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 51 | |
| 64 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 18 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 9.6 | |
| 9.0 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 11 | |
| 9.4 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
| 37 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 4.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 67 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 46 | |
| 420 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 80 to 84 | |
| 14 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 610 to 920 | |
| 100 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 6.8 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 27 to 31 | |
| 7.5 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 26 | |
| 9.7 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 20 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 25 to 29 | |
| 8.8 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.75 to 0.88 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 84 to 86 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 98.1 to 98.7 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 0.9 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.8 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 14 to 16 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |