C52400 Bronze vs. AWS E33-31
C52400 bronze belongs to the copper alloys classification, while AWS E33-31 belongs to the iron alloys. There are 19 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 C52400 bronze and the bottom bar is AWS E33-31.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 210 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.27 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 41 | |
| 81 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 450 to 880 | |
| 810 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 190 | |
| 320 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1000 | |
| 1380 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 840 | |
| 1330 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 370 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 14 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 35 | |
| 36 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.8 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.6 | |
| 6.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 58 | |
| 86 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 390 | |
| 260 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 6.9 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 14 to 28 | |
| 28 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 15 to 23 | |
| 24 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 to 32 | |
| 19 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 31 to 35 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 87.8 to 91 | |
| 0.4 to 0.8 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 24.7 to 34.8 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 2.5 to 4.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 2.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 30 to 32 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.3 to 0.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0.030 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.9 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 9.0 to 11 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |