AISI 418 Stainless Steel vs. C64700 Bronze
AISI 418 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C64700 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 418 stainless steel and the bottom bar is C64700 bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 17 | |
| 9.0 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 44 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 680 | |
| 390 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1100 | |
| 660 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 850 | |
| 560 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 220 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 770 | |
| 200 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1500 | |
| 1090 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1030 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 25 | |
| 210 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 10 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.8 | |
| 38 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.1 | |
| 38 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
| 31 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.0 | |
| 8.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.9 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 41 | |
| 43 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 110 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 170 | |
| 57 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1830 | |
| 1370 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 7.3 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 38 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 29 | |
| 19 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 6.7 | |
| 59 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 40 | |
| 24 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.15 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 12 to 14 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 95.8 to 98 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 78.5 to 83.6 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.8 to 2.2 | |
| 1.6 to 2.2 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0.4 to 0.8 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 2.5 to 3.5 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |