C61000 Bronze vs. S17700 Stainless Steel
C61000 bronze belongs to the copper alloys classification, while S17700 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C61000 bronze and the bottom bar is S17700 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 29 to 50 | |
| 1.0 to 23 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 42 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 280 to 300 | |
| 740 to 940 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 390 to 460 | |
| 1180 to 1650 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 150 to 190 | |
| 430 to 1210 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 220 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 210 | |
| 890 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1040 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 990 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 420 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 69 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 15 | |
| 2.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 16 | |
| 2.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 29 | |
| 13 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.5 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.0 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 49 | |
| 40 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 370 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 160 | |
| 15 to 210 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 100 to 160 | |
| 460 to 3750 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.4 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 13 to 15 | |
| 42 to 59 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 14 to 16 | |
| 32 to 40 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 19 | |
| 4.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 16 | |
| 39 to 54 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 6.0 to 8.5 | |
| 0.75 to 1.5 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.090 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 16 to 18 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 90.2 to 94 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 70.5 to 76.8 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 6.5 to 7.8 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |