EN 1.4062 Stainless Steel vs. C94400 Bronze
EN 1.4062 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C94400 bronze belongs to the copper alloys. There are 28 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 1.4062 stainless steel and the bottom bar is C94400 bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 100 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 23 to 34 | |
| 18 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.27 | |
| 0.35 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 79 | |
| 37 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 770 to 800 | |
| 220 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 530 to 600 | |
| 110 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 180 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1030 | |
| 150 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 940 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 790 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 350 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 52 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 19 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.1 | |
| 10 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 9.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 12 | |
| 32 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 9.1 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 3.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 37 | |
| 54 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 390 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 170 to 230 | |
| 33 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 690 to 910 | |
| 60 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 6.1 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 17 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 to 29 | |
| 6.8 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 25 | |
| 9.0 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.0 | |
| 17 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 to 22 | |
| 8.3 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.8 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 21.5 to 24 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 76.1 to 84 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 69.3 to 77.3 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 9.0 to 12 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.45 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.0 to 2.9 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.16 to 0.28 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 7.0 to 9.0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.8 |