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S46500 Stainless Steel vs. C93700 Bronze

S46500 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C93700 bronze belongs to the copper alloys. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (13, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S46500 stainless steel and the bottom bar is C93700 bronze.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
99
Elongation at Break, % 2.3 to 14
20
Fatigue Strength, MPa 550 to 890
90
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.35
Shear Modulus, GPa 75
37
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1260 to 1930
240
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 1120 to 1810
130

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
170
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 780
140
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
930
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
760
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
350
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
19

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 15
33
Density, g/cm3 7.9
8.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.6
3.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 51
57
Embodied Water, L/kg 120
390

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 43 to 210
40
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
6.2
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
17
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 44 to 68
7.5
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 33 to 44
9.6
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 44 to 67
9.4

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0 to 0.0050
Antimony (Sb), % 0
0 to 0.5
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.020
0
Chromium (Cr), % 11 to 12.5
0
Copper (Cu), % 0
78 to 82
Iron (Fe), % 72.6 to 76.1
0 to 0.15
Lead (Pb), % 0
8.0 to 11
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.25
0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.75 to 1.3
0
Nickel (Ni), % 10.7 to 11.3
0 to 1.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.010
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 1.5
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.25
0 to 0.0050
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.010
0 to 0.080
Tin (Sn), % 0
9.0 to 11
Titanium (Ti), % 1.5 to 1.8
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.8
Residuals, % 0
0 to 1.0