AISI 204 Stainless Steel vs. C28000 Muntz Metal
AISI 204 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C28000 Muntz Metal belongs to the copper alloys. There are 29 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 AISI 204 stainless steel and the bottom bar is C28000 Muntz Metal.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 100 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 23 to 39 | |
| 10 to 45 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.31 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 40 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 500 to 700 | |
| 230 to 330 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 730 to 1100 | |
| 330 to 610 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 380 to 1080 | |
| 150 to 370 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 170 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 850 | |
| 120 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 900 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1370 | |
| 900 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 120 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 21 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 28 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 31 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 10 | |
| 23 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.4 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 35 | |
| 46 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
| 320 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 240 to 250 | |
| 27 to 240 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 360 to 2940 | |
| 110 to 670 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 27 to 40 | |
| 11 to 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 31 | |
| 13 to 20 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.1 | |
| 40 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 24 | |
| 11 to 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 15 to 17 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 59 to 63 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 69.6 to 76.4 | |
| 0 to 0.070 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 7.0 to 9.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.5 to 3.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.15 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 36.3 to 41 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |