S32615 Stainless Steel vs. C95300 Bronze
S32615 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C95300 bronze belongs to the copper alloys. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S32615 stainless steel and the bottom bar is C95300 bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 170 | |
| 120 to 170 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 28 | |
| 14 to 25 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 42 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 620 | |
| 520 to 610 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 250 | |
| 190 to 310 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 370 | |
| 230 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 990 | |
| 220 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1350 | |
| 1050 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1310 | |
| 1040 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 500 | |
| 440 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 15 | |
| 18 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 24 | |
| 28 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.6 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.4 | |
| 3.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 63 | |
| 52 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 170 | |
| 390 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 | |
| 73 to 100 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 160 | |
| 170 to 420 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 7.5 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 23 | |
| 17 to 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
| 17 to 19 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 | |
| 19 to 22 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 9.0 to 11 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16.5 to 19.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 1.5 to 2.5 | |
| 86.5 to 90.2 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 46.4 to 57.9 | |
| 0.8 to 1.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.3 to 1.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 19 to 22 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 4.8 to 6.0 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |