MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

S21460 Stainless Steel vs. C63020 Bronze

S21460 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C63020 bronze belongs to the copper alloys. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S21460 stainless steel and the bottom bar is C63020 bronze.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
120
Elongation at Break, % 46
6.8
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
44
Shear Strength, MPa 580
600
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 830
1020
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 430
740

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
230
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 920
230
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1380
1070
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1330
1020
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
450
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 18
18

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 14
29
Density, g/cm3 7.6
8.2
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.0
3.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 43
58
Embodied Water, L/kg 160
390

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 320
63
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 460
2320
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
8.0
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
20
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 30
34
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 26
27
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 17
35

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
10 to 11
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.12
0
Chromium (Cr), % 17 to 19
0 to 0.050
Cobalt (Co), % 0
0 to 0.2
Copper (Cu), % 0
74.7 to 81.8
Iron (Fe), % 57.3 to 63.7
4.0 to 5.5
Lead (Pb), % 0
0 to 0.030
Manganese (Mn), % 14 to 16
0 to 1.5
Nickel (Ni), % 5.0 to 6.0
4.2 to 6.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.35 to 0.5
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.060
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0
Tin (Sn), % 0
0 to 0.25
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.3
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.5