EN 1.4020 Stainless Steel vs. C64200 Bronze
EN 1.4020 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C64200 bronze belongs to the copper alloys. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4020 stainless steel and the bottom bar is C64200 bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 13 to 34 | |
| 14 to 35 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 42 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 510 to 680 | |
| 330 to 390 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 770 to 1130 | |
| 540 to 640 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 430 to 950 | |
| 230 to 320 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 890 | |
| 210 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1000 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1350 | |
| 980 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 430 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 18 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 11 | |
| 29 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.6 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.5 | |
| 3.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 37 | |
| 50 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 370 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 220 | |
| 73 to 170 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 460 to 2290 | |
| 240 to 470 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 7.5 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 to 41 | |
| 18 to 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 to 32 | |
| 18 to 20 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 23 | |
| 20 to 23 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 6.3 to 7.6 |
| Arsenic (As), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16.5 to 19 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 88.2 to 92.2 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 62.8 to 71.8 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 11 to 14 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0.5 to 2.5 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.2 to 0.45 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 1.5 to 2.2 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |