C63000 Bronze vs. EN 1.8873 Steel
C63000 bronze belongs to the copper alloys classification, while EN 1.8873 steel belongs to the iron 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 C63000 bronze and the bottom bar is EN 1.8873 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 7.9 to 15 | |
| 19 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 44 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 400 to 470 | |
| 410 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 660 to 790 | |
| 660 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 330 to 390 | |
| 490 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 230 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 230 | |
| 420 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1050 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1040 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 440 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 39 | |
| 39 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.0 | |
| 7.8 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 7.6 | |
| 8.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 29 | |
| 3.2 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.5 | |
| 1.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 57 | |
| 24 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 390 | |
| 52 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 47 to 82 | |
| 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 470 to 640 | |
| 650 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.9 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 26 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 23 | |
| 21 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 11 | |
| 10 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 to 27 | |
| 19 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 9.0 to 11 | |
| 0 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.18 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 76.8 to 85 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 2.0 to 4.0 | |
| 93.6 to 100 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 to 1.7 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.7 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 4.0 to 5.5 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |