S20433 Stainless Steel vs. C63200 Bronze
S20433 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C63200 bronze belongs to the copper alloys. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S20433 stainless steel and the bottom bar is C63200 bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 46 | |
| 17 to 18 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.34 |
| Rockwell B Hardness | 82 | |
| 88 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 44 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 440 | |
| 390 to 440 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 630 | |
| 640 to 710 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 270 | |
| 310 to 350 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 230 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 900 | |
| 230 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1060 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1360 | |
| 1040 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 440 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 35 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 18 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 7.0 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.8 | |
| 7.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 13 | |
| 29 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 3.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 39 | |
| 55 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 380 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 230 | |
| 95 to 99 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 180 | |
| 400 to 510 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 7.9 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 23 | |
| 21 to 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
| 20 to 21 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.0 | |
| 9.6 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 | |
| 22 to 24 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 8.7 to 9.5 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 17 to 18 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 1.5 to 3.5 | |
| 78.8 to 82.6 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 64.1 to 72.4 | |
| 3.5 to 4.3 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 5.5 to 7.5 | |
| 1.2 to 2.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 3.5 to 5.5 | |
| 4.0 to 4.8 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.1 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |