C66100 Bronze vs. AISI 440B Stainless Steel
C66100 bronze belongs to the copper alloys classification, while AISI 440B stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C66100 bronze and the bottom bar is AISI 440B stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 8.0 to 40 | |
| 3.0 to 18 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 43 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 280 to 460 | |
| 460 to 1110 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 410 to 790 | |
| 740 to 1930 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 120 to 430 | |
| 430 to 1860 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 260 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 200 | |
| 870 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1050 | |
| 1480 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1000 | |
| 1370 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 400 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 34 | |
| 23 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 10 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 29 | |
| 9.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.7 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 2.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 42 | |
| 31 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 300 | |
| 120 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 53 to 120 | |
| 57 to 110 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.4 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 13 to 25 | |
| 27 to 70 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 14 to 22 | |
| 24 to 45 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 9.7 | |
| 6.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 to 29 | |
| 27 to 70 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0.75 to 1.0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 16 to 18 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 92 to 97 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 78.2 to 83.3 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0.2 to 0.8 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 2.8 to 3.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |