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C61500 Bronze vs. S20910 Stainless Steel

C61500 bronze belongs to the copper alloys classification, while S20910 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is C61500 bronze and the bottom bar is S20910 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 110
200
Elongation at Break, % 3.0 to 55
14 to 39
Poisson's Ratio 0.34
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 42
79
Shear Strength, MPa 350 to 550
500 to 570
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 480 to 970
780 to 940
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 150 to 720
430 to 810

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 220
300
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 220
1080
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1040
1420
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1030
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 430
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 58
13
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 18
16

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 29
22
Density, g/cm3 8.4
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.2
4.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 52
68
Embodied Water, L/kg 380
180

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 27 to 200
120 to 260
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 100 to 2310
460 to 1640
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 7.5
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 19
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 16 to 32
28 to 33
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 16 to 26
24 to 27
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 16
3.6
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 17 to 34
17 to 21

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 7.7 to 8.3
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.060
Chromium (Cr), % 0
20.5 to 23.5
Copper (Cu), % 89 to 90.5
0
Iron (Fe), % 0
52.1 to 62.1
Lead (Pb), % 0 to 0.015
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0
4.0 to 6.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
1.5 to 3.0
Nickel (Ni), % 1.8 to 2.2
11.5 to 13.5
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0.1 to 0.3
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.2 to 0.4
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0
0 to 0.75
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.030
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.1 to 0.3
Residuals, % 0 to 0.5
0