AISI 301 Stainless Steel vs. C86300 Bronze
AISI 301 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C86300 bronze belongs to the copper alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 301 stainless steel and the bottom bar is C86300 bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 190 to 440 | |
| 250 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 7.4 to 46 | |
| 14 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 42 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 590 to 1460 | |
| 850 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 230 to 1080 | |
| 480 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 200 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 840 | |
| 160 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 920 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 890 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 420 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 16 | |
| 35 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 20 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 8.0 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.7 | |
| 9.2 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 13 | |
| 23 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 3.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 39 | |
| 51 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
| 360 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 99 to 300 | |
| 100 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 130 to 2970 | |
| 1030 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 7.8 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 52 | |
| 30 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 37 | |
| 25 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.2 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 31 | |
| 28 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 5.0 to 7.5 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16 to 18 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 60 to 66 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 70.7 to 78 | |
| 2.0 to 4.0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 2.5 to 5.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 6.0 to 8.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 22 to 28 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |