MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

S46500 Stainless Steel vs. C53800 Bronze

S46500 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C53800 bronze belongs to the copper alloys. There are 24 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 S46500 stainless steel and the bottom bar is C53800 bronze.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
110
Elongation at Break, % 2.3 to 14
2.3
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.34
Shear Modulus, GPa 75
40
Shear Strength, MPa 730 to 1120
470
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1260 to 1930
830
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 1120 to 1810
660

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
190
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 780
160
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
980
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
800
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
360
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
18

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 15
37
Density, g/cm3 7.9
8.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.6
3.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 51
64
Embodied Water, L/kg 120
420

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 43 to 210
18
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
6.8
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
18
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 44 to 68
26
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 33 to 44
22
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 44 to 67
31

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.020
0
Chromium (Cr), % 11 to 12.5
0
Copper (Cu), % 0
85.1 to 86.5
Iron (Fe), % 72.6 to 76.1
0 to 0.030
Lead (Pb), % 0
0.4 to 0.6
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.25
0 to 0.060
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.75 to 1.3
0
Nickel (Ni), % 10.7 to 11.3
0 to 0.030
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.010
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.015
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.25
0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.010
0
Tin (Sn), % 0
13.1 to 13.9
Titanium (Ti), % 1.5 to 1.8
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.12
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.2