SAE-AISI H43 Steel vs. CC495K Bronze
SAE-AISI H43 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while CC495K bronze belongs to the copper alloys. There are 21 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI H43 steel and the bottom bar is CC495K bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 100 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.35 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 37 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 710 to 2140 | |
| 240 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 180 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1530 | |
| 930 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1480 | |
| 820 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 350 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 30 | |
| 48 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 19 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 14 | |
| 33 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 9.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.2 | |
| 3.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 120 | |
| 58 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 100 | |
| 400 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 6.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 17 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 25 to 75 | |
| 7.3 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 46 | |
| 9.4 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 8.3 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 to 62 | |
| 8.8 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.5 to 0.65 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 3.8 to 4.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 76 to 82 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 83.2 to 85.9 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 8.0 to 11 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.15 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 7.8 to 8.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.2 to 0.45 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 9.0 to 11 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 1.8 to 2.2 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |