EN 1.4034 Stainless Steel vs. C66100 Bronze
EN 1.4034 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C66100 bronze belongs to the copper alloys. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4034 stainless steel and the bottom bar is C66100 bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 14 | |
| 8.0 to 40 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 43 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 420 to 540 | |
| 280 to 460 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 690 to 900 | |
| 410 to 790 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 390 to 730 | |
| 120 to 430 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 260 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 770 | |
| 200 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1050 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1000 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 400 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 30 | |
| 34 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 7.0 | |
| 29 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 8.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.0 | |
| 2.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 27 | |
| 42 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 100 | |
| 300 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 81 to 94 | |
| 53 to 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 400 to 1370 | |
| 60 to 790 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 7.4 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 25 to 32 | |
| 13 to 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 27 | |
| 14 to 22 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 8.1 | |
| 9.7 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 24 to 32 | |
| 15 to 29 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.43 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 12.5 to 14.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 92 to 97 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 83 to 87.1 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 2.8 to 3.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |