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AISI 205 Stainless Steel vs. C51000 Bronze

AISI 205 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C51000 bronze belongs to the copper alloys. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 205 stainless steel and the bottom bar is C51000 bronze.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
110
Elongation at Break, % 11 to 51
2.7 to 64
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.34
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
42
Shear Strength, MPa 560 to 850
250 to 460
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 800 to 1430
330 to 780
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 450 to 1100
130 to 750

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
200
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 880
190
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1380
1050
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1340
960
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
380
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 18
18

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 11
33
Density, g/cm3 7.6
8.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.6
3.1
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 37
50
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
350

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 150 to 430
7.0 to 490
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 510 to 3060
75 to 2490
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
7.0
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 26
18
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 29 to 52
10 to 25
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 25 to 37
12 to 21
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16 to 29
12 to 28

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.12 to 0.25
0
Chromium (Cr), % 16.5 to 18.5
0
Copper (Cu), % 0
92.9 to 95.5
Iron (Fe), % 62.6 to 68.1
0 to 0.1
Lead (Pb), % 0
0 to 0.050
Manganese (Mn), % 14 to 15.5
0
Nickel (Ni), % 1.0 to 1.7
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.32 to 0.4
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.060
0.030 to 0.35
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0
Tin (Sn), % 0
4.5 to 5.8
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.3
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.5