C94100 Bronze vs. EN 1.4988 Stainless Steel
C94100 bronze belongs to the copper alloys classification, while EN 1.4988 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C94100 bronze and the bottom bar is EN 1.4988 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 92 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 7.8 | |
| 34 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.36 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 34 | |
| 77 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 190 | |
| 640 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 130 | |
| 290 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 160 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 130 | |
| 920 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 870 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 790 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 330 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 20 | |
| 16 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 9.0 | |
| 2.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.8 | |
| 2.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 29 | |
| 23 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 9.2 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.0 | |
| 6.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 48 | |
| 89 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 370 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 14 | |
| 180 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 97 | |
| 210 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 5.5 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 16 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 5.8 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 8.1 | |
| 21 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 7.6 | |
| 14 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 to 0.8 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0.040 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 15.5 to 17.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 72 to 79 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 62.1 to 69.5 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 18 to 22 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 1.1 to 1.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 12.5 to 14.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.4 to 1.2 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.060 to 0.14 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0.3 to 0.6 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 4.5 to 6.5 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.6 to 0.85 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 1.3 | |
| 0 |