EN 1.4415 Stainless Steel vs. C63020 Bronze
EN 1.4415 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C63020 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 1.4415 stainless steel and the bottom bar is C63020 bronze.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
120 |
Elongation at Break, % | 17 to 20 | |
6.8 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
0.33 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
44 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 520 to 570 | |
600 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 830 to 930 | |
1020 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 730 to 840 | |
740 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
230 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 790 | |
230 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
1070 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
1020 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
450 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 19 | |
40 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 9.9 | |
18 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 13 | |
29 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
8.2 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.6 | |
3.6 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 51 | |
58 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 120 | |
390 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 150 to 160 | |
63 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1350 to 1790 | |
2320 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
8.0 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
20 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 29 to 33 | |
34 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 to 27 | |
27 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 5.1 | |
11 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 30 to 34 | |
35 |
Alloy Composition
Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
10 to 11 |
Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
0 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 11.5 to 13.5 | |
0 to 0.050 |
Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.2 |
Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
74.7 to 81.8 |
Iron (Fe), % | 75.9 to 82.4 | |
4.0 to 5.5 |
Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.030 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
0 to 1.5 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.5 to 2.5 | |
0 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 4.5 to 6.5 | |
4.2 to 6.0 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
0 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
0 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
0 |
Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.25 |
Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
0 |
Vanadium (V), % | 0.1 to 0.5 | |
0 |
Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.3 |
Residuals, % | 0 | |
0 to 0.5 |