C65400 Bronze vs. S30601 Stainless Steel
C65400 bronze belongs to the copper alloys classification, while S30601 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C65400 bronze and the bottom bar is S30601 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.6 to 47 | |
| 37 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 43 | |
| 75 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 350 to 530 | |
| 450 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 500 to 1060 | |
| 660 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 170 to 910 | |
| 300 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 260 | |
| 370 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 200 | |
| 950 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1020 | |
| 1360 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 960 | |
| 1310 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 400 | |
| 500 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 15 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 31 | |
| 20 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.7 | |
| 7.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.8 | |
| 3.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 45 | |
| 55 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 10 to 480 | |
| 200 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 130 to 3640 | |
| 230 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.3 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 16 to 34 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 16 to 27 | |
| 22 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 18 to 39 | |
| 16 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.010 to 0.12 | |
| 17 to 18 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 93.8 to 96.1 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
| 56.9 to 60.5 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 0.8 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 17 to 18 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 2.7 to 3.4 | |
| 5.0 to 5.6 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.013 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 1.2 to 1.9 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |