EN 1.4305 Stainless Steel vs. C65400 Bronze
EN 1.4305 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C65400 bronze belongs to the copper alloys. There are 29 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 1.4305 stainless steel and the bottom bar is C65400 bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 40 | |
| 2.6 to 47 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 43 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 420 to 550 | |
| 350 to 530 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 610 to 900 | |
| 500 to 1060 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 220 to 570 | |
| 170 to 910 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 260 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 930 | |
| 200 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1020 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 960 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 400 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 36 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 7.0 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.7 | |
| 7.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
| 31 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.0 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 42 | |
| 45 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 190 | |
| 10 to 480 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 120 to 830 | |
| 130 to 3640 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 7.3 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 32 | |
| 16 to 34 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 27 | |
| 16 to 27 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.0 | |
| 10 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 20 | |
| 18 to 39 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 17 to 19 | |
| 0.010 to 0.12 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 93.8 to 96.1 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 66.4 to 74.9 | |
| 0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 8.0 to 10 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 2.7 to 3.4 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0.15 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 1.2 to 1.9 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |