SAE-AISI 1090 Steel vs. C64800 Bronze
SAE-AISI 1090 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C64800 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 1090 steel and the bottom bar is C64800 bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 | |
| 8.0 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 44 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 470 to 570 | |
| 380 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 790 to 950 | |
| 640 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 520 to 610 | |
| 630 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 240 | |
| 220 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 200 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1090 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1030 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 50 | |
| 260 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.1 | |
| 65 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.2 | |
| 66 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
| 33 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 43 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 46 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 82 to 91 | |
| 51 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 730 to 1000 | |
| 1680 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 7.4 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 to 34 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 27 | |
| 19 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
| 75 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 25 to 31 | |
| 23 |
Alloy Composition
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| Carbon (C), % | 0.85 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.090 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 3.0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 92.4 to 98.8 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 98 to 98.6 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 0.9 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |