C99600 Bronze vs. S15500 Stainless Steel
C99600 bronze belongs to the copper alloys classification, while S15500 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (12, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C99600 bronze and the bottom bar is S15500 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 150 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 27 to 34 | |
| 6.8 to 16 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 56 | |
| 75 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 560 | |
| 890 to 1490 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 250 to 300 | |
| 590 to 1310 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 240 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 200 | |
| 820 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1100 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1050 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 440 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 19 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 22 | |
| 13 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.1 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.2 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 51 | |
| 39 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 300 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 130 to 150 | |
| 98 to 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 210 to 310 | |
| 890 to 4460 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 10 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 19 | |
| 32 to 53 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 26 to 37 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 | |
| 30 to 50 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 1.0 to 2.8 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.070 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 14 to 15.5 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 50.8 to 60 | |
| 2.5 to 4.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 71.9 to 79.9 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 39 to 45 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 3.5 to 5.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.45 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |