EN 1.4378 Stainless Steel vs. C54400 Bronze
EN 1.4378 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C54400 bronze belongs to the copper alloys. There are 20 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (15, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4378 stainless steel and the bottom bar is C54400 bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 110 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 40 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 760 to 1130 | |
| 330 to 720 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 190 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 910 | |
| 170 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1000 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1350 | |
| 930 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 370 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 18 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 12 | |
| 31 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.6 | |
| 8.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 2.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 39 | |
| 48 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 340 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 6.8 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 to 41 | |
| 10 to 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 31 | |
| 12 to 20 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 23 | |
| 12 to 26 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 17 to 19 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 85.4 to 91.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 61.2 to 69 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 3.5 to 4.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 11.5 to 14.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 2.3 to 3.7 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.2 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0.010 to 0.5 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 3.5 to 4.5 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 1.5 to 4.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |