C99600 Bronze vs. Austempered Cast Iron
C99600 bronze belongs to the copper alloys classification, while austempered cast iron belongs to the iron alloys. There are 23 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 C99600 bronze and the bottom bar is austempered cast iron.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 150 | |
| 180 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 27 to 34 | |
| 1.1 to 13 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 56 | |
| 62 to 69 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 560 | |
| 860 to 1800 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 250 to 300 | |
| 560 to 1460 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 240 | |
| 280 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1100 | |
| 1380 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1050 | |
| 1340 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 440 | |
| 490 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 19 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 22 | |
| 2.9 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.1 | |
| 7.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.2 | |
| 1.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 51 | |
| 25 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 300 | |
| 48 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 130 to 150 | |
| 19 to 95 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 210 to 310 | |
| 880 to 3970 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 10 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 19 | |
| 32 to 66 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 27 to 44 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 | |
| 25 to 53 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 1.0 to 2.8 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Arsenic (As), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 3.4 to 3.8 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 50.8 to 60 | |
| 0 to 0.8 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 89.6 to 94 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 39 to 45 | |
| 0.3 to 0.4 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Selenium (Se), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 2.3 to 2.7 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |