SAE-AISI T4 Steel vs. C53800 Bronze
SAE-AISI T4 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C53800 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 T4 steel and the bottom bar is C53800 bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 210 | |
| 110 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 80 | |
| 40 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 800 to 2140 | |
| 830 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 190 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1810 | |
| 980 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1750 | |
| 800 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 410 | |
| 360 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 21 | |
| 61 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 18 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 55 | |
| 37 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 9.4 | |
| 8.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.5 | |
| 3.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 130 | |
| 64 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 120 | |
| 420 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 12 | |
| 6.8 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 to 64 | |
| 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 39 | |
| 22 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 5.4 | |
| 19 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 24 to 64 | |
| 31 |
Alloy Composition
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| Carbon (C), % | 0.7 to 0.8 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 3.8 to 4.5 | |
| 0 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 4.3 to 5.8 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 85.1 to 86.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 66.3 to 72.3 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0.4 to 0.6 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.1 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.060 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.4 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.2 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 13.1 to 13.9 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 17.5 to 19 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.8 to 1.2 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.12 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |