AISI 301LN Stainless Steel vs. C65500 Bronze
AISI 301LN stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C65500 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 301LN stainless steel and the bottom bar is C65500 bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 23 to 51 | |
| 4.0 to 70 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 43 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 450 to 670 | |
| 260 to 440 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 630 to 1060 | |
| 360 to 760 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 270 to 770 | |
| 120 to 430 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 260 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 890 | |
| 200 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1030 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 970 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 400 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 36 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 18 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 7.0 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.7 | |
| 7.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 13 | |
| 29 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 39 | |
| 42 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
| 300 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 220 to 290 | |
| 11 to 450 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 180 to 1520 | |
| 62 to 790 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 7.5 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 38 | |
| 12 to 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 to 30 | |
| 13 to 21 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.0 | |
| 10 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 24 | |
| 12 to 26 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16 to 18 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 91.5 to 96.7 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 70.7 to 77.9 | |
| 0 to 0.8 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0.5 to 1.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 6.0 to 8.0 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.070 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 2.8 to 3.8 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |