AISI 403 Stainless Steel vs. C64800 Bronze
AISI 403 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C64800 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 403 stainless steel and the bottom bar is C64800 bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 16 to 25 | |
| 8.0 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 44 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 340 to 480 | |
| 380 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 530 to 780 | |
| 640 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 280 to 570 | |
| 630 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 220 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 740 | |
| 200 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1090 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1030 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 28 | |
| 260 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 9.9 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 65 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.3 | |
| 66 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 6.5 | |
| 33 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.9 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 27 | |
| 43 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 99 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 120 | |
| 51 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 210 to 840 | |
| 1680 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 7.4 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 19 to 28 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 to 24 | |
| 19 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 7.6 | |
| 75 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 20 to 29 | |
| 23 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11.5 to 13 | |
| 0 to 0.090 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 3.0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 92.4 to 98.8 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 84.7 to 88.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0.2 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |