C66100 Bronze vs. SAE-AISI D4 Steel
C66100 bronze belongs to the copper alloys classification, while SAE-AISI D4 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C66100 bronze and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI D4 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 8.0 to 40 | |
| 8.4 to 15 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 43 | |
| 74 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 280 to 460 | |
| 460 to 1210 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 410 to 790 | |
| 760 to 2060 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 120 to 430 | |
| 470 to 1540 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 260 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1050 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1000 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 400 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 34 | |
| 31 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 29 | |
| 8.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.7 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 3.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 42 | |
| 49 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 300 | |
| 100 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 53 to 120 | |
| 100 to 160 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.4 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 13 to 25 | |
| 27 to 75 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 14 to 22 | |
| 24 to 47 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 9.7 | |
| 8.3 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 to 29 | |
| 23 to 63 |
Alloy Composition
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| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 2.1 to 2.4 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 11 to 13 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 92 to 97 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 80.6 to 86.3 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0.2 to 0.8 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.7 to 1.2 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 2.8 to 3.5 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |