S20910 Stainless Steel vs. CC212E Bronze
S20910 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while CC212E bronze belongs to the copper alloys. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S20910 stainless steel and the bottom bar is CC212E bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 230 to 290 | |
| 170 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 130 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 39 | |
| 20 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 79 | |
| 47 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 780 to 940 | |
| 710 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 430 to 810 | |
| 310 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 230 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1080 | |
| 220 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1080 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1020 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 440 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 18 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 22 | |
| 27 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.8 | |
| 3.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 68 | |
| 55 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 180 | |
| 370 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 120 to 260 | |
| 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 460 to 1640 | |
| 390 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 8.5 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 to 33 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 27 | |
| 21 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 to 21 | |
| 22 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 7.0 to 9.0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 20.5 to 23.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 68 to 77 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 52.1 to 62.1 | |
| 2.0 to 4.0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 4.0 to 6.0 | |
| 8.0 to 15 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.5 to 3.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 11.5 to 13.5 | |
| 1.5 to 4.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.1 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.2 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.1 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |