S30615 Stainless Steel vs. CC496K Bronze
S30615 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while CC496K 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 S30615 stainless steel and the bottom bar is CC496K bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 190 | |
| 72 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 97 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 39 | |
| 8.6 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.35 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 36 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 690 | |
| 210 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 310 | |
| 99 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 340 | |
| 170 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 960 | |
| 140 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1370 | |
| 900 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1320 | |
| 820 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 500 | |
| 340 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 14 | |
| 52 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 19 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 19 | |
| 31 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.6 | |
| 9.2 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.7 | |
| 3.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 53 | |
| 52 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 170 | |
| 380 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 220 | |
| 15 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 260 | |
| 50 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 5.9 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 17 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 25 | |
| 6.5 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 8.6 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.7 | |
| 17 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 | |
| 8.1 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.8 to 1.5 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.16 to 0.24 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 17 to 19.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 72 to 79.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 56.7 to 65.3 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 13 to 17 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 13.5 to 16 | |
| 0.5 to 2.0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 3.2 to 4.0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 6.0 to 8.0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |