EN 1.4470 Stainless Steel vs. C65100 Bronze
EN 1.4470 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C65100 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 1.4470 stainless steel and the bottom bar is C65100 bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 23 | |
| 2.4 to 50 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.27 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 80 | |
| 43 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 680 | |
| 280 to 560 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 480 | |
| 95 to 440 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 230 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1060 | |
| 200 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1060 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1030 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 18 | |
| 57 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 18 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.2 | |
| 12 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.5 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 17 | |
| 30 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.6 | |
| 2.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 49 | |
| 41 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 160 | |
| 300 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 | |
| 12 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 570 | |
| 39 to 820 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 7.3 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 | |
| 8.7 to 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 11 to 17 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.8 | |
| 16 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 18 | |
| 9.5 to 19 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 21 to 23 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 94.5 to 99.2 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 63.7 to 71.9 | |
| 0 to 0.8 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 0.7 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.5 to 3.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 4.5 to 6.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.12 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.8 to 2.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |