MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

EN 1.3542 Stainless Steel vs. C86300 Bronze

EN 1.3542 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C86300 bronze belongs to the copper alloys. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.3542 stainless steel and the bottom bar is C86300 bronze.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 220
250
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
110
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.32
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
42
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 720
850

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 270
200
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 770
160
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1440
920
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1390
890
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
420
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 29
35
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 10
20

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 3.1
8.0
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 3.6
9.2

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 7.5
23
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.0
3.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 29
51
Embodied Water, L/kg 100
360

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
7.8
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
20
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 26
30
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 23
25
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 7.9
11
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 26
28

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
5.0 to 7.5
Carbon (C), % 0.6 to 0.7
0
Chromium (Cr), % 12.5 to 14.5
0
Copper (Cu), % 0
60 to 66
Iron (Fe), % 82.7 to 87.5
2.0 to 4.0
Lead (Pb), % 0
0 to 0.2
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
2.5 to 5.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.75
0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
0 to 1.0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0
Tin (Sn), % 0
0 to 0.2
Zinc (Zn), % 0
22 to 28
Residuals, % 0
0 to 1.0