EN 1.4855 Stainless Steel vs. CC493K Bronze
EN 1.4855 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while CC493K bronze belongs to the copper alloys. There are 27 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 1.4855 stainless steel and the bottom bar is CC493K bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 150 | |
| 74 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 100 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 4.6 | |
| 14 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 39 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 500 | |
| 270 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 250 | |
| 140 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 180 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1050 | |
| 160 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 960 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1350 | |
| 880 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 360 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 14 | |
| 61 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 19 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 34 | |
| 32 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 5.9 | |
| 3.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 85 | |
| 53 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 200 | |
| 370 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 19 | |
| 33 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 160 | |
| 89 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 6.5 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 | |
| 8.6 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.7 | |
| 19 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 11 | |
| 10 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.3 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 23 to 25 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 79 to 86 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 42.6 to 51.9 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 5.0 to 8.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 23 to 25 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.8 to 1.8 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 1.0 to 2.5 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 5.2 to 8.0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 2.0 to 5.0 |