EN 1.4646 Stainless Steel vs. C67000 Bronze
EN 1.4646 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C67000 bronze belongs to the copper alloys. There are 25 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 1.4646 stainless steel and the bottom bar is C67000 bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 34 | |
| 5.6 to 11 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.31 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 42 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 500 | |
| 390 to 510 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 750 | |
| 660 to 880 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 430 | |
| 350 to 540 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 190 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 910 | |
| 160 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 900 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1340 | |
| 850 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 410 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 20 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 13 | |
| 23 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.8 | |
| 2.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 41 | |
| 49 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 160 | |
| 350 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 220 | |
| 43 to 62 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 460 | |
| 560 to 1290 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 7.8 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 27 | |
| 23 to 31 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 21 to 26 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 | |
| 21 to 29 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 3.0 to 6.0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.020 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 17 to 19 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 1.5 to 3.0 | |
| 63 to 68 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 59 to 67.3 | |
| 2.0 to 4.0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 10.5 to 12.5 | |
| 2.5 to 5.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 3.5 to 4.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.2 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 21.8 to 32.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |