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.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
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 |