AISI 301L Stainless Steel vs. C65400 Bronze
AISI 301L stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C65400 bronze belongs to the copper alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 301L stainless steel and the bottom bar is C65400 bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 22 to 50 | |
| 2.6 to 47 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 43 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 440 to 660 | |
| 350 to 530 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 620 to 1040 | |
| 500 to 1060 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 250 to 790 | |
| 170 to 910 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 260 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 890 | |
| 200 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1020 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 960 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 400 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 36 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.3 | |
| 7.0 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.7 | |
| 7.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 13 | |
| 31 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 39 | |
| 45 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 210 to 300 | |
| 10 to 480 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 160 to 1580 | |
| 130 to 3640 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 7.3 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 37 | |
| 16 to 34 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 to 29 | |
| 16 to 27 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.1 | |
| 10 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 24 | |
| 18 to 39 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16 to 18 | |
| 0.010 to 0.12 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 93.8 to 96.1 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 70.7 to 78 | |
| 0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 6.0 to 8.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 2.7 to 3.4 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 1.2 to 1.9 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |