CC494K Bronze vs. AISI 316 Stainless Steel
CC494K bronze belongs to the copper alloys classification, while AISI 316 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is CC494K bronze and the bottom bar is AISI 316 stainless steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 67 | |
160 to 360 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 100 | |
200 |
Elongation at Break, % | 7.6 | |
8.0 to 55 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.35 | |
0.28 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 39 | |
78 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 210 | |
520 to 1180 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 94 | |
230 to 850 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 180 | |
290 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 160 | |
590 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 970 | |
1400 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 890 | |
1380 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 360 | |
470 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 63 | |
15 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 19 | |
16 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 16 | |
2.3 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 16 | |
2.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 31 | |
19 |
Density, g/cm3 | 9.1 | |
7.9 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.1 | |
3.9 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 50 | |
53 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 360 | |
150 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 13 | |
85 to 260 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 43 | |
130 to 1820 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 6.4 | |
14 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 17 | |
25 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 6.5 | |
18 to 41 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 8.8 | |
18 to 31 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 19 | |
4.1 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 7.8 | |
11 to 26 |
Alloy Composition
Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
0 |
Antimony (Sb), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
0 |
Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.080 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
16 to 18 |
Copper (Cu), % | 78 to 87 | |
0 |
Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
62 to 72 |
Lead (Pb), % | 8.0 to 10 | |
0 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
0 to 2.0 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
2.0 to 3.0 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
10 to 14 |
Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.1 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
0 to 0.045 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
0 to 0.75 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
0 to 0.030 |
Tin (Sn), % | 4.0 to 6.0 | |
0 |
Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
0 |