C83800 Bronze vs. S36200 Stainless Steel
C83800 bronze belongs to the copper alloys classification, while S36200 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 28 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 C83800 bronze and the bottom bar is S36200 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 100 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 20 | |
| 3.4 to 4.6 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 39 | |
| 76 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 230 | |
| 1180 to 1410 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 110 | |
| 960 to 1240 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 180 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 160 | |
| 820 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1000 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 840 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 370 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 72 | |
| 16 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 19 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 15 | |
| 2.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 15 | |
| 2.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 30 | |
| 12 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.9 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 47 | |
| 40 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 340 | |
| 120 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 39 | |
| 46 to 51 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 53 | |
| 2380 to 3930 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 6.6 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 7.4 | |
| 42 to 50 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 9.6 | |
| 32 to 36 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 22 | |
| 4.3 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 8.6 | |
| 40 to 48 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 14 to 14.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 82 to 83.8 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 75.4 to 79.5 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 5.0 to 7.0 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 6.5 to 7.0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 3.3 to 4.2 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0.6 to 0.9 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 5.0 to 8.0 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.7 | |
| 0 |