C22600 Bronze vs. S46910 Stainless Steel
C22600 bronze belongs to the copper alloys classification, while S46910 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C22600 bronze and the bottom bar is S46910 stainless steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
200 |
Elongation at Break, % | 2.5 to 33 | |
2.2 to 11 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
0.28 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 42 | |
76 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 220 to 320 | |
410 to 1410 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 330 to 570 | |
680 to 2470 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 270 to 490 | |
450 to 2290 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 200 | |
280 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 170 | |
810 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1040 | |
1460 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1000 | |
1420 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
470 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 28 | |
18 |
Density, g/cm3 | 8.7 | |
7.9 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
4.1 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 42 | |
55 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
140 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 14 to 100 | |
48 to 130 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 330 to 1070 | |
510 to 4780 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 | |
14 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
24 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 11 to 18 | |
24 to 86 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 12 to 18 | |
22 to 51 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 11 to 19 | |
23 to 84 |
Alloy Composition
Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
0.15 to 0.5 |
Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.030 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
11 to 13 |
Copper (Cu), % | 86 to 89 | |
1.5 to 3.5 |
Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
65 to 76 |
Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
0 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
0 to 1.0 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
3.0 to 5.0 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
8.0 to 10 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.030 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.7 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.015 |
Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
0.5 to 1.2 |
Zinc (Zn), % | 10.7 to 14 | |
0 |
Residuals, % | 0 to 0.2 | |
0 |