C51900 Bronze vs. S15500 Stainless Steel
C51900 bronze belongs to the copper alloys classification, while S15500 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C51900 bronze and the bottom bar is S15500 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 29 | |
| 6.8 to 16 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 42 | |
| 75 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 320 to 370 | |
| 540 to 870 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 380 to 620 | |
| 890 to 1490 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 390 to 570 | |
| 590 to 1310 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 200 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 180 | |
| 820 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1040 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 930 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 380 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 66 | |
| 17 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 14 | |
| 2.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 14 | |
| 2.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 33 | |
| 13 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.2 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 51 | |
| 39 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 360 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 55 to 180 | |
| 98 to 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 680 to 1450 | |
| 890 to 4460 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.0 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 12 to 19 | |
| 32 to 53 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 13 to 18 | |
| 26 to 37 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 20 | |
| 4.6 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 22 | |
| 30 to 50 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.070 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 14 to 15.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 91.7 to 95 | |
| 2.5 to 4.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 71.9 to 79.9 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 3.5 to 5.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.45 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0.030 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 5.0 to 7.0 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |