C95300 Bronze vs. EN 1.4655 Stainless Steel
C95300 bronze belongs to the copper alloys classification, while EN 1.4655 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 C95300 bronze and the bottom bar is EN 1.4655 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 25 | |
| 23 to 25 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.27 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 42 | |
| 78 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 520 to 610 | |
| 720 to 730 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 190 to 310 | |
| 450 to 480 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 230 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 220 | |
| 1050 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1050 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1040 | |
| 1370 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 440 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 63 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 13 | |
| 2.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 14 | |
| 2.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 28 | |
| 15 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.3 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.1 | |
| 2.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 52 | |
| 41 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 390 | |
| 160 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 73 to 100 | |
| 150 to 160 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 170 to 420 | |
| 510 to 580 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.5 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 17 to 21 | |
| 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 to 19 | |
| 23 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 17 | |
| 4.0 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 to 22 | |
| 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 9.0 to 11 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 22 to 24 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 86.5 to 90.2 | |
| 1.0 to 3.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0.8 to 1.5 | |
| 63.6 to 73.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.6 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 3.5 to 5.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.050 to 0.2 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |