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EN 1.3956 Stainless Steel vs. C51100 Bronze

EN 1.3956 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C51100 bronze belongs to the copper alloys. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.3956 stainless steel and the bottom bar is C51100 bronze.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
110
Elongation at Break, % 27
2.5 to 50
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.34
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
42
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 650
330 to 720
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 330
93 to 700

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
200
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1080
190
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1060
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
970
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
380
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
18

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 22
32
Density, g/cm3 7.8
8.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.8
3.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 68
48
Embodied Water, L/kg 180
340

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 150
18 to 140
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 270
38 to 2170
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
7.1
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
18
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 23
10 to 22
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21
12 to 20
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 18
12 to 26

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.060
0
Chromium (Cr), % 20.5 to 23.5
0
Copper (Cu), % 0
93.8 to 96.5
Iron (Fe), % 51.9 to 62.1
0 to 0.1
Lead (Pb), % 0
0 to 0.050
Manganese (Mn), % 4.0 to 6.0
0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 1.5 to 3.0
0
Nickel (Ni), % 11.5 to 13.5
0
Niobium (Nb), % 0.1 to 0.3
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.2 to 0.4
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0.030 to 0.35
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0
Tin (Sn), % 0
3.5 to 4.9
Vanadium (V), % 0.1 to 0.3
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.3
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.5