C52100 Bronze vs. S21800 Stainless Steel
C52100 bronze belongs to the copper alloys classification, while S21800 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 21 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (15, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C52100 bronze and the bottom bar is S21800 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.28 |
| Rockwell B Hardness | 45 to 100 | |
| 88 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 41 | |
| 75 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 380 to 800 | |
| 740 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 200 | |
| 340 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 180 | |
| 900 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1030 | |
| 1360 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 880 | |
| 1310 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 370 | |
| 500 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 16 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 34 | |
| 15 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.8 | |
| 7.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.4 | |
| 3.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 55 | |
| 45 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 370 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.0 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 12 to 25 | |
| 27 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 13 to 22 | |
| 24 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 28 | |
| 17 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 16 to 18 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 89.8 to 93 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 59.1 to 65.4 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 7.0 to 9.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 8.0 to 9.0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.080 to 0.18 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0.030 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.060 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 3.5 to 4.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 7.0 to 9.0 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |