C94700 Bronze vs. S31727 Stainless Steel
C94700 bronze belongs to the copper alloys classification, while S31727 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C94700 bronze and the bottom bar is S31727 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 7.9 to 32 | |
| 40 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 43 | |
| 78 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 350 to 590 | |
| 630 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 160 to 400 | |
| 270 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 200 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 190 | |
| 1010 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1030 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 900 | |
| 1390 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 380 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 16 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 34 | |
| 24 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.8 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.5 | |
| 4.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 56 | |
| 64 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 350 | |
| 180 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 41 to 89 | |
| 200 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 110 to 700 | |
| 190 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.3 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 11 to 19 | |
| 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 13 to 18 | |
| 20 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 21 | |
| 14 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 17.5 to 19 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 85 to 90 | |
| 2.8 to 4.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 53.7 to 61.3 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 3.8 to 4.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 4.5 to 6.0 | |
| 14.5 to 16.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.21 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 4.5 to 6.0 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 1.0 to 2.5 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 1.3 | |
| 0 |