AISI 304 Stainless Steel vs. C64200 Bronze
AISI 304 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C64200 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 C64200 bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 8.0 to 43 | |
| 14 to 35 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 42 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 400 to 690 | |
| 330 to 390 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 580 to 1180 | |
| 540 to 640 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 230 to 860 | |
| 230 to 320 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 710 | |
| 210 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1000 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 980 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 430 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 16 | |
| 45 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 18 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 8.0 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.7 | |
| 8.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
| 29 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.0 | |
| 3.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 43 | |
| 50 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 370 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 86 to 250 | |
| 73 to 170 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 140 to 1870 | |
| 240 to 470 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 7.5 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 42 | |
| 18 to 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 32 | |
| 18 to 20 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.2 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 25 | |
| 20 to 23 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 6.3 to 7.6 |
| Arsenic (As), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 18 to 20 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 88.2 to 92.2 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 66.5 to 74 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 8.0 to 10.5 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 1.5 to 2.2 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |