EN 1.4612 Stainless Steel vs. C67600 Bronze
EN 1.4612 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C67600 bronze belongs to the copper alloys. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4612 stainless steel and the bottom bar is C67600 bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 100 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 | |
| 13 to 33 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.31 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 40 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 1010 to 1110 | |
| 270 to 350 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1690 to 1850 | |
| 430 to 570 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 1570 to 1730 | |
| 170 to 380 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 170 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 790 | |
| 120 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 890 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 870 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 380 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 21 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 16 | |
| 23 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.6 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 50 | |
| 47 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 330 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 190 to 210 | |
| 63 to 130 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 60 to 65 | |
| 15 to 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 40 to 43 | |
| 16 to 19 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 58 to 63 | |
| 14 to 19 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 1.4 to 1.8 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 12.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 57 to 60 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 71.5 to 75.5 | |
| 0.4 to 1.3 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 1.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0.050 to 0.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.8 to 2.3 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 10.2 to 11.3 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 1.5 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.2 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 35.2 to 41.6 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |