EN 1.4418 Stainless Steel vs. C95500 Bronze
EN 1.4418 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C95500 bronze belongs to the copper alloys. There are 28 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 1.4418 stainless steel and the bottom bar is C95500 bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 16 to 20 | |
| 8.4 to 10 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 44 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 860 to 1000 | |
| 700 to 850 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 540 to 790 | |
| 320 to 470 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 230 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 870 | |
| 230 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1050 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1040 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 450 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 42 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 10 | |
| 18 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.2 | |
| 8.0 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.5 | |
| 8.8 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 13 | |
| 28 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.8 | |
| 3.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 39 | |
| 57 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
| 390 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 130 to 170 | |
| 58 to 61 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 730 to 1590 | |
| 420 to 950 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 8.0 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 31 to 36 | |
| 24 to 29 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 26 to 28 | |
| 21 to 24 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.0 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 31 to 36 | |
| 24 to 29 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 10 to 11.5 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 15 to 17 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 78 to 84 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 73.2 to 80.2 | |
| 3.0 to 5.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 to 3.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.8 to 1.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 4.0 to 6.0 | |
| 3.0 to 5.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.7 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |