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S21603 Stainless Steel vs. C94500 Bronze

S21603 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C94500 bronze belongs to the copper alloys. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S21603 stainless steel and the bottom bar is C94500 bronze.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 200
50
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
92
Elongation at Break, % 45
12
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.36
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
34
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 690
170
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 390
83

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
160
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 990
130
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
940
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
800
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
330
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
20

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 17
30
Density, g/cm3 7.7
9.3
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.6
3.2
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 50
51
Embodied Water, L/kg 160
380

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 270
17
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 380
37
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
5.5
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
16
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 25
5.2
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22
7.4
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 15
6.7

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0 to 0.0050
Antimony (Sb), % 0
0 to 0.8
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0
Chromium (Cr), % 17.5 to 22
0
Copper (Cu), % 0
66.7 to 78
Iron (Fe), % 57.6 to 67.8
0 to 0.15
Lead (Pb), % 0
16 to 22
Manganese (Mn), % 7.5 to 9.0
0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.0 to 3.0
0
Nickel (Ni), % 5.0 to 7.0
0 to 1.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.25 to 0.5
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.050
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.75
0 to 0.0050
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.080
Tin (Sn), % 0
6.0 to 8.0
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 1.2