EN 1.4530 Stainless Steel vs. C93500 Bronze
EN 1.4530 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C93500 bronze belongs to the copper alloys. There are 20 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4530 stainless steel and the bottom bar is C93500 bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 100 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.35 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 38 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1030 to 1370 | |
| 220 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 180 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 790 | |
| 160 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1000 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 850 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 360 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 18 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
| 31 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 9.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.4 | |
| 3.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 46 | |
| 49 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
| 350 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 6.3 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 17 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 36 to 48 | |
| 6.9 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 29 to 35 | |
| 9.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 35 to 47 | |
| 8.5 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.6 to 0.8 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11.5 to 12.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 83 to 86 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 74.4 to 77.3 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 8.0 to 10 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.9 to 2.2 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 8.5 to 9.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 4.3 to 6.0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.28 to 0.37 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |