C63020 Bronze vs. EN 1.5537 Steel
C63020 bronze belongs to the copper alloys classification, while EN 1.5537 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 22 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 C63020 bronze and the bottom bar is EN 1.5537 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 44 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1020 | |
| 520 to 1760 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 230 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 230 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1070 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1020 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 450 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 40 | |
| 48 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 29 | |
| 1.9 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.6 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 58 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 390 | |
| 47 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 8.0 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 34 | |
| 18 to 63 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 27 | |
| 18 to 41 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 11 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 35 | |
| 15 to 52 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 10 to 11 | |
| 0 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0.00080 to 0.0050 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0.33 to 0.38 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 74.7 to 81.8 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 4.0 to 5.5 | |
| 97.6 to 98.9 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0.8 to 1.1 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 4.2 to 6.0 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |