S20910 Stainless Steel vs. C95400 Bronze
S20910 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C95400 bronze belongs to the copper alloys. There are 27 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 C95400 bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 230 to 290 | |
| 160 to 200 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 39 | |
| 8.1 to 16 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 79 | |
| 43 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 780 to 940 | |
| 600 to 710 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 430 to 810 | |
| 240 to 360 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 230 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1080 | |
| 230 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1040 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1030 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 440 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 13 | |
| 59 |
| 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 | |
| 3.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 68 | |
| 53 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 180 | |
| 390 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 120 to 260 | |
| 48 to 75 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 460 to 1640 | |
| 250 to 560 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 7.7 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 to 33 | |
| 20 to 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 27 | |
| 19 to 22 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.6 | |
| 16 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 to 21 | |
| 21 to 25 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 10 to 11.5 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 20.5 to 23.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 83 to 87 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 52.1 to 62.1 | |
| 3.0 to 5.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 4.0 to 6.0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.5 to 3.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 11.5 to 13.5 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| 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 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.1 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |