C61400 Bronze vs. EN 1.4938 Stainless Steel
C61400 bronze belongs to the copper alloys classification, while EN 1.4938 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C61400 bronze and the bottom bar is EN 1.4938 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 34 to 40 | |
| 16 to 17 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 43 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 370 to 380 | |
| 540 to 630 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 540 to 570 | |
| 870 to 1030 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 220 to 270 | |
| 640 to 870 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 220 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 220 | |
| 750 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1050 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1040 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 420 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 67 | |
| 30 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 14 | |
| 2.9 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 15 | |
| 3.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 28 | |
| 10 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.5 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.0 | |
| 3.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 48 | |
| 47 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 360 | |
| 110 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 160 to 170 | |
| 140 to 160 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 210 to 310 | |
| 1050 to 1920 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.5 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 to 19 | |
| 31 to 37 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 to 18 | |
| 26 to 29 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 19 | |
| 8.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 18 to 20 | |
| 30 to 35 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 6.0 to 8.0 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0.080 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 11 to 12.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 86 to 92.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 1.5 to 3.5 | |
| 80.5 to 84.8 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.4 to 0.9 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 1.5 to 2.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 2.0 to 3.0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.020 to 0.040 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.25 to 0.4 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |