C99600 Bronze vs. SAE-AISI 9310 Steel
C99600 bronze belongs to the copper alloys classification, while SAE-AISI 9310 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C99600 bronze and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 9310 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 150 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 27 to 34 | |
| 17 to 19 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 56 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 560 | |
| 820 to 910 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 250 to 300 | |
| 450 to 570 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 240 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 200 | |
| 440 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1100 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1050 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 440 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 19 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 22 | |
| 4.4 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.1 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.2 | |
| 1.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 51 | |
| 24 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 300 | |
| 57 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 130 to 150 | |
| 120 to 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 210 to 310 | |
| 540 to 860 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 10 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 19 | |
| 29 to 32 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 25 to 27 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 | |
| 24 to 27 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 1.0 to 2.8 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0.080 to 0.13 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 1.4 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 50.8 to 60 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 93.8 to 95.2 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 39 to 45 | |
| 0.45 to 0.65 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.080 to 0.15 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 3.0 to 3.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0.2 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.012 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |