C95300 Bronze vs. EN 1.5536 Steel
C95300 bronze belongs to the copper alloys classification, while EN 1.5536 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C95300 bronze and the bottom bar is EN 1.5536 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 120 to 170 | |
| 140 to 170 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 42 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 520 to 610 | |
| 460 to 1600 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 230 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 220 | |
| 400 |
| 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 | 63 | |
| 49 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 13 | |
| 7.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 14 | |
| 8.2 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 28 | |
| 1.9 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.3 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.1 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 52 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 390 | |
| 48 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.5 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 17 to 21 | |
| 16 to 57 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 to 19 | |
| 17 to 39 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 17 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 to 22 | |
| 14 to 47 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 9.0 to 11 | |
| 0 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0.00080 to 0.0050 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0.25 to 0.3 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 86.5 to 90.2 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0.8 to 1.5 | |
| 97.6 to 98.7 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.9 to 1.2 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.3 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |