C63020 Bronze vs. S42035 Stainless Steel
C63020 bronze belongs to the copper alloys classification, while S42035 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C63020 bronze and the bottom bar is S42035 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 6.8 | |
| 18 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 44 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 600 | |
| 390 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1020 | |
| 630 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 740 | |
| 430 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 230 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 230 | |
| 810 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1070 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1020 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 450 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 40 | |
| 27 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 10 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 29 | |
| 9.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.6 | |
| 2.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 58 | |
| 34 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 390 | |
| 110 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 63 | |
| 100 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 2320 | |
| 460 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 8.0 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 34 | |
| 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 27 | |
| 21 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 11 | |
| 7.2 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 35 | |
| 22 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 10 to 11 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 13.5 to 15.5 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 74.7 to 81.8 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 4.0 to 5.5 | |
| 78.1 to 85 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 1.2 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 4.2 to 6.0 | |
| 1.0 to 2.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0.3 to 0.5 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |