EN 1.4945 Stainless Steel vs. C95300 Bronze
EN 1.4945 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C95300 bronze belongs to the copper alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4945 stainless steel and the bottom bar is C95300 bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 200 to 220 | |
| 120 to 170 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 19 to 34 | |
| 14 to 25 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 42 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 640 to 740 | |
| 520 to 610 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 290 to 550 | |
| 190 to 310 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 230 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 920 | |
| 220 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1490 | |
| 1050 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1040 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 440 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 14 | |
| 63 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 18 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 13 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.2 | |
| 14 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 30 | |
| 28 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.1 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 5.0 | |
| 3.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 73 | |
| 52 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 390 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 130 to 180 | |
| 73 to 100 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 210 to 760 | |
| 170 to 420 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 7.5 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 25 | |
| 17 to 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 22 | |
| 17 to 19 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.7 | |
| 17 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 16 | |
| 19 to 22 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 9.0 to 11 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.040 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 15.5 to 17.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 86.5 to 90.2 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 57.9 to 65.7 | |
| 0.8 to 1.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 15.5 to 17.5 | |
| 0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.4 to 1.2 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.060 to 0.14 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.3 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 2.5 to 3.5 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |