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C90500 Gun Metal vs. S21800 Stainless Steel

C90500 gun metal belongs to the copper alloys classification, while S21800 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 25 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 C90500 gun metal and the bottom bar is S21800 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 110
190
Elongation at Break, % 20
40
Fatigue Strength, MPa 90
330
Poisson's Ratio 0.34
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 40
75
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 320
740
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 160
390

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 190
340
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 170
900
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1000
1360
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 850
1310
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 370
500
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 18
16

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 35
15
Density, g/cm3 8.7
7.5
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.6
3.1
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 59
45
Embodied Water, L/kg 390
150

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 54
250
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 110
390
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 6.9
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 18
26
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 10
27
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 12
24
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12
17

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0 to 0.0050
0
Antimony (Sb), % 0 to 0.2
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.1
Chromium (Cr), % 0
16 to 18
Copper (Cu), % 86 to 89
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.2
59.1 to 65.4
Lead (Pb), % 0 to 0.3
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0
7.0 to 9.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 1.0
8.0 to 9.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.080 to 0.18
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 1.5
0 to 0.060
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.0050
3.5 to 4.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.050
0 to 0.030
Tin (Sn), % 9.0 to 11
0
Zinc (Zn), % 1.0 to 3.0
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.3
0