EN 1.4541 Stainless Steel vs. C95500 Bronze
EN 1.4541 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C95500 bronze belongs to the copper alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4541 stainless steel and the bottom bar is C95500 bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 190 to 270 | |
| 200 to 210 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 40 | |
| 8.4 to 10 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 44 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 600 to 900 | |
| 700 to 850 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 220 to 570 | |
| 320 to 470 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 230 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 940 | |
| 230 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1050 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1040 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 450 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 42 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 18 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 8.0 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.7 | |
| 8.8 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 16 | |
| 28 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.2 | |
| 3.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 46 | |
| 57 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 390 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 190 | |
| 58 to 61 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 120 to 830 | |
| 420 to 950 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 8.0 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 32 | |
| 24 to 29 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 27 | |
| 21 to 24 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.0 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 20 | |
| 24 to 29 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 10 to 11.5 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 17 to 19 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 78 to 84 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 65.2 to 74 | |
| 3.0 to 5.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 3.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 9.0 to 12 | |
| 3.0 to 5.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.7 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |