EN 1.4057 Stainless Steel vs. C66100 Bronze
EN 1.4057 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 (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4057 stainless steel and the bottom bar is C66100 bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 17 | |
| 8.0 to 40 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 43 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 520 to 580 | |
| 280 to 460 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 840 to 980 | |
| 410 to 790 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 530 to 790 | |
| 120 to 430 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 260 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 850 | |
| 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 | 25 | |
| 34 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 10 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 9.5 | |
| 29 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 8.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.2 | |
| 2.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 32 | |
| 42 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 120 | |
| 300 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 96 to 130 | |
| 53 to 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 700 to 1610 | |
| 60 to 790 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 7.4 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 30 to 35 | |
| 13 to 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 26 to 28 | |
| 14 to 22 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 6.7 | |
| 9.7 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 30 to 35 | |
| 15 to 29 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.12 to 0.22 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 15 to 17 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 92 to 97 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 77.7 to 83.4 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.5 to 2.5 | |
| 0 |
| 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 |