MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

C91100 Bronze vs. S31254 Stainless Steel

C91100 bronze belongs to the copper alloys classification, while S31254 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 28 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 C91100 bronze and the bottom bar is S31254 stainless steel.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 100
200
Elongation at Break, % 2.0
40
Poisson's Ratio 0.34
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 39
80
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 240
720
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 170
330

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 180
300
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 160
1090
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 950
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 820
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 360
460
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 63
14
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 18
17

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 8.0
2.0
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.3
2.3

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 38
28
Density, g/cm3 8.7
8.0
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.2
5.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 69
74
Embodied Water, L/kg 440
190

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 4.4
240
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 140
270
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 6.7
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 18
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 7.7
25
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 9.9
22
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 20
3.8
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 9.1
15

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0 to 0.0050
0
Antimony (Sb), % 0 to 0.2
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.020
Chromium (Cr), % 0
19.5 to 20.5
Copper (Cu), % 82 to 85
0.5 to 1.0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.25
51.4 to 56.3
Lead (Pb), % 0 to 0.25
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
6.0 to 6.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.5
17.5 to 18.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.18 to 0.22
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.0050
0 to 0.8
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.050
0 to 0.010
Tin (Sn), % 15 to 17
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.25
0