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S44700 Stainless Steel vs. C90500 Gun Metal

S44700 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C90500 gun metal belongs to the copper alloys. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (12, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S44700 stainless steel and the bottom bar is C90500 gun metal.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 210
110
Elongation at Break, % 23
20
Fatigue Strength, MPa 300
90
Poisson's Ratio 0.27
0.34
Shear Modulus, GPa 82
40
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 600
320
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 450
160

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
190
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
170
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1000
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
850
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
370
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
18

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 18
35
Density, g/cm3 7.8
8.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.6
3.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 49
59
Embodied Water, L/kg 180
390

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 120
54
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 480
110
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
6.9
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
18
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21
10
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20
12
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 19
12

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0 to 0.0050
Antimony (Sb), % 0
0 to 0.2
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.010
0
Chromium (Cr), % 28 to 30
0
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.15
86 to 89
Iron (Fe), % 64.9 to 68.5
0 to 0.2
Lead (Pb), % 0
0 to 0.3
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.3
0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 3.5 to 4.2
0
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.15
0 to 1.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.020
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 1.5
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.2
0 to 0.0050
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.020
0 to 0.050
Tin (Sn), % 0
9.0 to 11
Zinc (Zn), % 0
1.0 to 3.0
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.3