C90800 Bronze vs. EN 1.7321 Steel
C90800 bronze belongs to the copper alloys classification, while EN 1.7321 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C90800 bronze and the bottom bar is EN 1.7321 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 90 | |
| 150 to 170 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 40 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 330 | |
| 490 to 1460 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 190 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 170 | |
| 410 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 990 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 870 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 370 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 68 | |
| 45 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 11 | |
| 7.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 11 | |
| 8.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 36 | |
| 2.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.7 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.8 | |
| 1.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 62 | |
| 20 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 410 | |
| 50 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 6.9 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 11 | |
| 17 to 52 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 12 | |
| 18 to 36 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 21 | |
| 12 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 | |
| 14 to 43 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0.17 to 0.23 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0.3 to 0.6 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 85.3 to 89 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 97.1 to 98.4 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.7 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.4 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 11 to 13 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |