C67500 Bronze vs. S21460 Stainless Steel
C67500 bronze belongs to the copper alloys classification, while S21460 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C67500 bronze and the bottom bar is S21460 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 100 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 33 | |
| 46 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 40 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 270 to 350 | |
| 580 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 430 to 580 | |
| 830 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 170 to 370 | |
| 430 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 170 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 120 | |
| 920 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 890 | |
| 1380 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 870 | |
| 1330 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 21 | |
| 18 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 23 | |
| 14 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.0 | |
| 7.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.8 | |
| 3.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 47 | |
| 43 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 330 | |
| 160 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 61 to 130 | |
| 320 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 130 to 650 | |
| 460 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.3 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 15 to 20 | |
| 30 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 16 to 19 | |
| 26 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 19 | |
| 17 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.12 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 17 to 19 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 57 to 60 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0.8 to 2.0 | |
| 57.3 to 63.7 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.050 to 0.5 | |
| 14 to 16 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 5.0 to 6.0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.35 to 0.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.060 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0.5 to 1.5 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 35.1 to 41.7 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |