EN 1.3967 Stainless Steel vs. C31600 Bronze
EN 1.3967 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C31600 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 1.3967 stainless steel and the bottom bar is C31600 bronze.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
110 |
Elongation at Break, % | 22 | |
6.7 to 28 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
0.33 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 79 | |
42 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 690 | |
270 to 460 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 350 | |
80 to 390 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
200 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1070 | |
180 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
1040 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
1010 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
380 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
18 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 25 | |
29 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
8.8 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.8 | |
2.7 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 66 | |
43 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 180 | |
310 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 130 | |
30 to 58 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 310 | |
28 to 690 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
7.1 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
18 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 | |
8.5 to 15 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
11 to 15 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 | |
9.4 to 16 |
Alloy Composition
Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
0 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 20 to 21.5 | |
0 |
Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
87.5 to 90.5 |
Iron (Fe), % | 50.3 to 57.8 | |
0 to 0.1 |
Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
1.3 to 2.5 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 4.0 to 6.0 | |
0 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 3.0 to 3.5 | |
0 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 15 to 17 | |
0.7 to 1.2 |
Niobium (Nb), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
0 |
Nitrogen (N), % | 0.2 to 0.35 | |
0 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
0.040 to 0.1 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
0 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
0 |
Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
5.2 to 10.5 |
Residuals, % | 0 | |
0 to 0.4 |