C95300 Bronze vs. S45000 Stainless Steel
C95300 bronze belongs to the copper alloys classification, while S45000 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C95300 bronze and the bottom bar is S45000 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 120 to 170 | |
| 280 to 410 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 25 | |
| 6.8 to 14 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 42 | |
| 76 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 520 to 610 | |
| 980 to 1410 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 190 to 310 | |
| 580 to 1310 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 230 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 220 | |
| 840 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1050 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1040 | |
| 1390 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 440 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 63 | |
| 17 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 11 |
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 | |
| 13 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.3 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.1 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 52 | |
| 39 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 390 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 73 to 100 | |
| 94 to 160 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 170 to 420 | |
| 850 to 4400 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.5 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 17 to 21 | |
| 35 to 50 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 to 19 | |
| 28 to 36 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 17 | |
| 4.5 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 to 22 | |
| 33 to 47 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 9.0 to 11 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 14 to 16 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 86.5 to 90.2 | |
| 1.3 to 1.8 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0.8 to 1.5 | |
| 72.1 to 79.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 5.0 to 7.0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |