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S20910 Stainless Steel vs. C51000 Bronze

S20910 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C51000 bronze belongs to the copper alloys. There are 27 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 C51000 bronze.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
110
Elongation at Break, % 14 to 39
2.7 to 64
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.34
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
42
Shear Strength, MPa 500 to 570
250 to 460
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 780 to 940
330 to 780
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 430 to 810
130 to 750

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
200
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1080
190
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1050
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
960
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
380
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 13
77
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
18

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 22
33
Density, g/cm3 7.8
8.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.8
3.1
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 68
50
Embodied Water, L/kg 180
350

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 120 to 260
7.0 to 490
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 460 to 1640
75 to 2490
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
7.0
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
18
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 28 to 33
10 to 25
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 24 to 27
12 to 21
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.6
23
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 17 to 21
12 to 28

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.060
0
Chromium (Cr), % 20.5 to 23.5
0
Copper (Cu), % 0
92.9 to 95.5
Iron (Fe), % 52.1 to 62.1
0 to 0.1
Lead (Pb), % 0
0 to 0.050
Manganese (Mn), % 4.0 to 6.0
0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 1.5 to 3.0
0
Nickel (Ni), % 11.5 to 13.5
0
Niobium (Nb), % 0.1 to 0.3
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.2 to 0.4
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0.030 to 0.35
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.75
0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0
Tin (Sn), % 0
4.5 to 5.8
Vanadium (V), % 0.1 to 0.3
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.3
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.5