S15500 Stainless Steel vs. C67000 Bronze
S15500 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C67000 bronze belongs to the copper alloys. There are 29 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 S15500 stainless steel and the bottom bar is C67000 bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 6.8 to 16 | |
| 5.6 to 11 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.31 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 42 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 540 to 870 | |
| 390 to 510 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 890 to 1490 | |
| 660 to 880 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 590 to 1310 | |
| 350 to 540 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 190 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 820 | |
| 160 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 900 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 850 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 410 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 17 | |
| 99 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 20 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.2 | |
| 22 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.5 | |
| 25 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 13 | |
| 23 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 2.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 39 | |
| 49 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
| 350 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 98 to 120 | |
| 43 to 62 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 890 to 4460 | |
| 560 to 1290 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 7.8 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 32 to 53 | |
| 23 to 31 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 26 to 37 | |
| 21 to 26 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.6 | |
| 30 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 30 to 50 | |
| 21 to 29 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 3.0 to 6.0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 14 to 15.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 2.5 to 4.5 | |
| 63 to 68 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 71.9 to 79.9 | |
| 2.0 to 4.0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 2.5 to 5.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 3.5 to 5.5 | |
| 0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.15 to 0.45 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 21.8 to 32.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |