C65400 Bronze vs. S20910 Stainless Steel
C65400 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 (9, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C65400 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, % | 2.6 to 47 | |
| 14 to 39 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 43 | |
| 79 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 350 to 530 | |
| 500 to 570 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 500 to 1060 | |
| 780 to 940 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 170 to 910 | |
| 430 to 810 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 260 | |
| 300 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 200 | |
| 1080 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1020 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 960 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 400 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 36 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 16 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 31 | |
| 22 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.7 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.8 | |
| 4.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 45 | |
| 68 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 180 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 10 to 480 | |
| 120 to 260 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 130 to 3640 | |
| 460 to 1640 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.3 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 16 to 34 | |
| 28 to 33 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 16 to 27 | |
| 24 to 27 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 10 | |
| 3.6 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 18 to 39 | |
| 17 to 21 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.060 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.010 to 0.12 | |
| 20.5 to 23.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 93.8 to 96.1 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
| 52.1 to 62.1 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 4.0 to 6.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 1.5 to 3.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 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), % | 2.7 to 3.4 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 1.2 to 1.9 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.3 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |