C64210 Bronze vs. EN 1.4901 Stainless Steel
C64210 bronze belongs to the copper alloys classification, while EN 1.4901 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C64210 bronze and the bottom bar is EN 1.4901 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 35 | |
| 19 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 42 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 380 | |
| 460 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 570 | |
| 740 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 290 | |
| 490 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 260 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 210 | |
| 650 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1040 | |
| 1490 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 990 | |
| 1450 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 430 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 48 | |
| 26 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 13 | |
| 8.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 14 | |
| 9.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 29 | |
| 11 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.4 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.0 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 49 | |
| 40 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 360 | |
| 89 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 170 | |
| 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 360 | |
| 620 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.4 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 19 | |
| 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 23 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
| 6.9 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 | |
| 23 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 6.3 to 7.0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Arsenic (As), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0.0010 to 0.0060 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0.070 to 0.13 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 8.5 to 9.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 89 to 92.2 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 85.8 to 89.1 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0.3 to 0.6 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.3 to 0.6 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.040 to 0.090 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.030 to 0.070 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 1.5 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 1.5 to 2.0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.25 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |