C63800 Bronze vs. S46500 Stainless Steel
C63800 bronze belongs to the copper alloys classification, while S46500 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 22 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (12, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C63800 bronze and the bottom bar is S46500 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 7.9 to 41 | |
| 2.3 to 14 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 43 | |
| 75 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 320 to 500 | |
| 730 to 1120 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 460 to 1010 | |
| 1260 to 1930 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 240 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 200 | |
| 780 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1030 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1000 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 410 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 30 | |
| 15 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.6 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.8 | |
| 3.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 45 | |
| 51 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 330 | |
| 120 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.4 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 15 to 33 | |
| 44 to 68 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 15 to 26 | |
| 33 to 44 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 to 36 | |
| 44 to 67 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 2.5 to 3.1 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 11 to 12.5 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0.25 to 0.55 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 92.4 to 95.8 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 72.6 to 76.1 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.75 to 1.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 10.7 to 11.3 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 1.5 to 2.1 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 1.5 to 1.8 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.8 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |