C67400 Bronze vs. S21904 Stainless Steel
C67400 bronze belongs to the copper alloys classification, while S21904 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 C67400 bronze and the bottom bar is S21904 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 22 to 28 | |
| 17 to 51 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 41 | |
| 78 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 310 to 350 | |
| 510 to 620 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 480 to 610 | |
| 700 to 1000 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 250 to 370 | |
| 390 to 910 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 190 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 130 | |
| 980 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 890 | |
| 1400 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 870 | |
| 1350 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 400 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 100 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 21 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 23 | |
| 2.5 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 26 | |
| 2.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 23 | |
| 15 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.8 | |
| 3.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 48 | |
| 43 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 330 | |
| 160 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 120 | |
| 160 to 310 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 300 to 660 | |
| 380 to 2070 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.5 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 17 to 22 | |
| 25 to 36 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 to 20 | |
| 23 to 29 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 32 | |
| 3.8 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 20 | |
| 15 to 21 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.5 to 2.0 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 19 to 21.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 57 to 60 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 59.5 to 67.4 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 2.0 to 3.5 | |
| 8.0 to 10 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 5.5 to 7.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.4 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.5 to 1.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 31.1 to 40 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |