EN 1.4606 Stainless Steel vs. C51000 Bronze
EN 1.4606 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C51000 bronze belongs to the copper alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4606 stainless steel and the bottom bar is C51000 bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 23 to 39 | |
| 2.7 to 64 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 42 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 410 to 640 | |
| 250 to 460 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 600 to 1020 | |
| 330 to 780 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 280 to 630 | |
| 130 to 750 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 200 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 910 | |
| 190 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1050 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 960 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 380 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 14 | |
| 77 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 18 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.9 | |
| 18 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.2 | |
| 18 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 26 | |
| 33 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 8.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 6.0 | |
| 3.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 87 | |
| 50 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 170 | |
| 350 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 190 to 200 | |
| 7.0 to 490 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 200 to 1010 | |
| 75 to 2490 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 7.0 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 36 | |
| 10 to 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 28 | |
| 12 to 21 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.7 | |
| 23 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 to 35 | |
| 12 to 28 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |
| Boron (B), % | 0.0010 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 13 to 16 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 92.9 to 95.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 49.2 to 59 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 1.0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 24 to 27 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0.030 to 0.35 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 4.5 to 5.8 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 1.9 to 2.3 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.1 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |