MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

EN 1.4710 Stainless Steel vs. C61000 Bronze

EN 1.4710 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C61000 bronze belongs to the copper alloys. There are 21 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (12, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4710 stainless steel and the bottom bar is C61000 bronze.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
110
Elongation at Break, % 20
29 to 50
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.34
Shear Modulus, GPa 74
42

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
220
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 750
210
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1430
1040
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1390
990
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
420
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 24
69
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 9.9
18

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 6.4
15
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 7.5
16

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 5.0
29
Density, g/cm3 7.7
8.5
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.8
3.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 24
49
Embodied Water, L/kg 76
370

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
7.4
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
19
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 6.5
19

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
6.0 to 8.5
Carbon (C), % 0.2 to 0.35
0
Chromium (Cr), % 6.0 to 8.0
0
Copper (Cu), % 0
90.2 to 94
Iron (Fe), % 87.4 to 92.3
0 to 0.5
Lead (Pb), % 0
0 to 0.020
Manganese (Mn), % 0.5 to 1.0
0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.15
0
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.5
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.035
0
Silicon (Si), % 1.0 to 2.5
0 to 0.1
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.2
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.5