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EN 1.3956 Stainless Steel vs. C52400 Bronze

EN 1.3956 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C52400 bronze belongs to the copper alloys. There are 20 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (13, 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 C52400 bronze.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
110
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.34
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
41
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 650
450 to 880

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
190
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1080
170
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1000
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
840
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
370
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
18

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 22
35
Density, g/cm3 7.8
8.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.8
3.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 68
58
Embodied Water, L/kg 180
390

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
6.9
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
18
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 23
14 to 28
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21
15 to 23
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 18
17 to 32

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.060
0
Chromium (Cr), % 20.5 to 23.5
0
Copper (Cu), % 0
87.8 to 91
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
9.0 to 11
Vanadium (V), % 0.1 to 0.3
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.2
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.5