AISI 304 Stainless Steel vs. C62300 Bronze
AISI 304 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C62300 bronze belongs to the copper alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 304 stainless steel and the bottom bar is C62300 bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 8.0 to 43 | |
| 18 to 32 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 43 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 400 to 690 | |
| 360 to 390 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 580 to 1180 | |
| 570 to 630 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 230 to 860 | |
| 230 to 310 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 230 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 710 | |
| 220 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1050 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1040 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 440 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 16 | |
| 54 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 18 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 12 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.7 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
| 28 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.0 | |
| 3.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 43 | |
| 52 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 390 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 86 to 250 | |
| 95 to 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 140 to 1870 | |
| 240 to 430 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 7.6 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 42 | |
| 19 to 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 32 | |
| 18 to 20 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.2 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 25 | |
| 20 to 22 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 8.5 to 10 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 18 to 20 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 83.2 to 89.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 66.5 to 74 | |
| 2.0 to 4.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 8.0 to 10.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |