AISI 205 Stainless Steel vs. C86400 Bronze
AISI 205 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C86400 bronze belongs to the copper alloys. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 205 stainless steel and the bottom bar is C86400 bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 100 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 51 | |
| 17 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.31 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 40 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 800 to 1430 | |
| 470 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 450 to 1100 | |
| 150 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 170 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 880 | |
| 120 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 880 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1340 | |
| 860 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 21 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 11 | |
| 23 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.6 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 37 | |
| 48 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 330 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 150 to 430 | |
| 63 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 510 to 3060 | |
| 110 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 7.3 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 26 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 29 to 52 | |
| 16 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 to 37 | |
| 17 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 29 | |
| 16 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 1.5 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.12 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16.5 to 18.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 56 to 62 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 62.6 to 68.1 | |
| 0.4 to 2.0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 1.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 14 to 15.5 | |
| 0.1 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.0 to 1.7 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.32 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 1.5 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 34 to 42 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |