C66100 Bronze vs. S15500 Stainless Steel
C66100 bronze belongs to the copper alloys classification, while S15500 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 C66100 bronze and the bottom bar is S15500 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 8.0 to 40 | |
| 6.8 to 16 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 43 | |
| 75 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 280 to 460 | |
| 540 to 870 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 410 to 790 | |
| 890 to 1490 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 120 to 430 | |
| 590 to 1310 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 260 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 200 | |
| 820 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1050 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1000 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 400 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 34 | |
| 17 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 29 | |
| 13 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.7 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 42 | |
| 39 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 300 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 53 to 120 | |
| 98 to 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 60 to 790 | |
| 890 to 4460 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.4 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 13 to 25 | |
| 32 to 53 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 14 to 22 | |
| 26 to 37 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 9.7 | |
| 4.6 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 to 29 | |
| 30 to 50 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.070 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 14 to 15.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 92 to 97 | |
| 2.5 to 4.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 71.9 to 79.9 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0.2 to 0.8 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 3.5 to 5.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.45 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 2.8 to 3.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |