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AISI 205 Stainless Steel vs. C91700 Bronze

AISI 205 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C91700 bronze belongs to the copper alloys. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 205 stainless steel and the bottom bar is C91700 bronze.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 210 to 440
90
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
110
Elongation at Break, % 11 to 51
13
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.34
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
41
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 800 to 1430
330
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 450 to 1100
170

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
190
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 880
170
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1380
1020
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1340
850
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
370
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 18
18

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 11
36
Density, g/cm3 7.6
8.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.6
3.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 37
63
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
400

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 150 to 430
35
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 510 to 3060
140
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
6.9
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 26
18
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 29 to 52
11
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 25 to 37
12
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16 to 29
12

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0 to 0.0050
Antimony (Sb), % 0
0 to 0.2
Carbon (C), % 0.12 to 0.25
0
Chromium (Cr), % 16.5 to 18.5
0
Copper (Cu), % 0
84.2 to 87.5
Iron (Fe), % 62.6 to 68.1
0 to 0.2
Lead (Pb), % 0
0 to 0.25
Manganese (Mn), % 14 to 15.5
0
Nickel (Ni), % 1.0 to 1.7
1.2 to 2.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.32 to 0.4
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.060
0 to 0.3
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.0050
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.050
Tin (Sn), % 0
11.3 to 12.5
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.25