AISI 416 Stainless Steel vs. C66100 Bronze
AISI 416 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C66100 bronze belongs to the copper alloys. There are 27 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 416 stainless steel and the bottom bar is C66100 bronze.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
120 |
Elongation at Break, % | 13 to 31 | |
8.0 to 40 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
0.34 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
43 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 340 to 480 | |
280 to 460 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 510 to 800 | |
410 to 790 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 290 to 600 | |
120 to 430 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
260 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 680 | |
200 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1530 | |
1050 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1480 | |
1000 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
400 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 30 | |
34 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 9.9 | |
17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 7.0 | |
29 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
8.7 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.9 | |
2.6 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 27 | |
42 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 100 | |
300 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 98 to 140 | |
53 to 120 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 220 to 940 | |
60 to 790 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
7.4 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
19 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 to 29 | |
13 to 25 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 to 25 | |
14 to 22 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 8.1 | |
9.7 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 to 30 | |
15 to 29 |
Alloy Composition
Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
0 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 12 to 14 | |
0 |
Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
92 to 97 |
Iron (Fe), % | 83.2 to 87.9 | |
0 to 0.25 |
Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
0.2 to 0.8 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.3 | |
0 to 1.5 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
0 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
2.8 to 3.5 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0.15 to 0.35 | |
0 |
Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
0 to 1.5 |
Residuals, % | 0 | |
0 to 0.5 |