EN 1.3975 Stainless Steel vs. C61000 Bronze
EN 1.3975 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C61000 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 1.3975 stainless steel and the bottom bar is C61000 bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 27 | |
| 29 to 50 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 42 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 660 | |
| 390 to 460 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 320 | |
| 150 to 190 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 340 | |
| 220 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 910 | |
| 210 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1360 | |
| 1040 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1320 | |
| 990 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 500 | |
| 420 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 18 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
| 29 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.5 | |
| 8.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.3 | |
| 3.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 47 | |
| 49 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 370 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 150 | |
| 110 to 160 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 270 | |
| 100 to 160 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 7.4 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 26 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 | |
| 13 to 15 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 14 to 16 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 | |
| 14 to 16 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 6.0 to 8.5 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16 to 18 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 90.2 to 94 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 58.2 to 65.4 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 7.0 to 9.0 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 8.0 to 9.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.080 to 0.18 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 3.5 to 4.5 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |