AISI 403 Stainless Steel vs. C28000 Muntz Metal
AISI 403 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C28000 Muntz Metal belongs to the copper alloys. There are 30 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 403 stainless steel and the bottom bar is C28000 Muntz Metal.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 100 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 16 to 25 | |
| 10 to 45 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.31 |
| Rockwell B Hardness | 83 | |
| 55 to 78 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 40 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 340 to 480 | |
| 230 to 330 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 530 to 780 | |
| 330 to 610 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 280 to 570 | |
| 150 to 370 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 170 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 740 | |
| 120 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 900 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 900 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 28 | |
| 120 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 9.9 | |
| 21 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 28 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.3 | |
| 31 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 6.5 | |
| 23 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.9 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 27 | |
| 46 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 99 | |
| 320 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 120 | |
| 27 to 240 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 210 to 840 | |
| 110 to 670 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 19 to 28 | |
| 11 to 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 to 24 | |
| 13 to 20 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 7.6 | |
| 40 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 20 to 29 | |
| 11 to 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11.5 to 13 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 59 to 63 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 84.7 to 88.5 | |
| 0 to 0.070 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 36.3 to 41 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |