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S20910 Stainless Steel vs. C62500 Bronze

S20910 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C62500 bronze belongs to the copper alloys. There are 28 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 S20910 stainless steel and the bottom bar is C62500 bronze.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
110
Elongation at Break, % 14 to 39
1.0
Fatigue Strength, MPa 310 to 460
460
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.34
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
42
Shear Strength, MPa 500 to 570
410
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 780 to 940
690
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 430 to 810
410

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
230
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1080
230
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1050
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1050
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
460
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 13
47
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
18

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 22
26
Density, g/cm3 7.8
8.1
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.8
3.3
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 68
55
Embodied Water, L/kg 180
410

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 120 to 260
6.0
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 460 to 1640
750
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
7.8
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
20
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 28 to 33
24
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 24 to 27
22
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.6
13
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 17 to 21
24

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
12.5 to 13.5
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.060
0
Chromium (Cr), % 20.5 to 23.5
0
Copper (Cu), % 0
78.5 to 84
Iron (Fe), % 52.1 to 62.1
3.5 to 5.5
Manganese (Mn), % 4.0 to 6.0
0 to 2.0
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
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.75
0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0
Vanadium (V), % 0.1 to 0.3
0
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.5