C63200 Bronze vs. S30415 Stainless Steel
C63200 bronze belongs to the copper alloys classification, while S30415 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C63200 bronze and the bottom bar is S30415 stainless steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 17 to 18 | |
| 45 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.28 |
| Rockwell B Hardness | 88 | |
| 84 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 44 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 390 to 440 | |
| 470 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 640 to 710 | |
| 670 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 310 to 350 | |
| 330 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 230 | |
| 300 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 230 | |
| 940 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1060 | |
| 1410 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1040 | |
| 1370 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 440 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 35 | |
| 21 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.0 | |
| 2.0 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 7.6 | |
| 2.4 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 29 | |
| 15 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.3 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.4 | |
| 3.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 55 | |
| 43 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 380 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 95 to 99 | |
| 250 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 400 to 510 | |
| 280 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.9 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 21 | |
| 22 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 9.6 | |
| 5.6 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 22 to 24 | |
| 15 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 8.7 to 9.5 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0.040 to 0.060 |
| Cerium (Ce), % | 0 | |
| 0.030 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 18 to 19 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 78.8 to 82.6 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 3.5 to 4.3 | |
| 67.8 to 71.8 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 1.2 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 0.8 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 4.0 to 4.8 | |
| 9.0 to 10 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.12 to 0.18 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 1.0 to 2.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |