C67400 Bronze vs. S45503 Stainless Steel
C67400 bronze belongs to the copper alloys classification, while S45503 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (12, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C67400 bronze and the bottom bar is S45503 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 22 to 28 | |
| 4.6 to 6.8 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 41 | |
| 75 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 310 to 350 | |
| 940 to 1070 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 480 to 610 | |
| 1610 to 1850 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 250 to 370 | |
| 1430 to 1700 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 190 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 130 | |
| 760 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 890 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 870 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 400 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 21 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 23 | |
| 15 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.8 | |
| 3.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 48 | |
| 48 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 330 | |
| 120 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 120 | |
| 82 to 110 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.5 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 17 to 22 | |
| 57 to 65 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 to 20 | |
| 39 to 43 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 20 | |
| 56 to 64 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.5 to 2.0 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 11 to 12.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 57 to 60 | |
| 1.5 to 2.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 72.4 to 78.9 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 2.0 to 3.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 7.5 to 9.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.5 to 1.5 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 1.4 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 31.1 to 40 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |