C95410 Bronze vs. S20910 Stainless Steel
C95410 bronze belongs to the copper alloys classification, while S20910 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 27 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 C95410 bronze and the bottom bar is S20910 stainless steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 160 to 200 | |
230 to 290 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
200 |
Elongation at Break, % | 9.1 to 13 | |
14 to 39 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
0.28 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 43 | |
79 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 620 to 740 | |
780 to 940 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 260 to 380 | |
430 to 810 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 230 | |
300 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 230 | |
1080 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1040 | |
1420 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1030 | |
1380 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 440 | |
480 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 59 | |
13 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
16 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 28 | |
22 |
Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
7.8 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.3 | |
4.8 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 54 | |
68 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 390 | |
180 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 57 to 64 | |
120 to 260 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 280 to 630 | |
460 to 1640 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.8 | |
14 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
25 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 25 | |
28 to 33 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 22 | |
24 to 27 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 16 | |
3.6 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 22 to 26 | |
17 to 21 |
Alloy Composition
Aluminum (Al), % | 10 to 11.5 | |
0 |
Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.060 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
20.5 to 23.5 |
Copper (Cu), % | 83 to 85.5 | |
0 |
Iron (Fe), % | 3.0 to 5.0 | |
52.1 to 62.1 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
4.0 to 6.0 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
1.5 to 3.0 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 1.5 to 2.5 | |
11.5 to 13.5 |
Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
0.1 to 0.3 |
Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
0.2 to 0.4 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.040 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.75 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.030 |
Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
0.1 to 0.3 |
Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
0 |