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AISI 334 Stainless Steel vs. C94500 Bronze

AISI 334 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C94500 bronze belongs to the copper alloys. There are 25 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 AISI 334 stainless steel and the bottom bar is C94500 bronze.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 180
50
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
92
Elongation at Break, % 34
12
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.36
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
34
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 540
170
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 190
83

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
160
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1000
130
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1410
940
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1370
800
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
330
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
20

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 22
30
Density, g/cm3 7.9
9.3
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.1
3.2
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 59
51
Embodied Water, L/kg 170
380

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 140
17
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 96
37
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
5.5
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
16
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 19
5.2
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 19
7.4
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12
6.7

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0.15 to 0.6
0 to 0.0050
Antimony (Sb), % 0
0 to 0.8
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.080
0
Chromium (Cr), % 18 to 20
0
Copper (Cu), % 0
66.7 to 78
Iron (Fe), % 55.7 to 62.7
0 to 0.15
Lead (Pb), % 0
16 to 22
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0
Nickel (Ni), % 19 to 21
0 to 1.0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.050
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.0050
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.080
Tin (Sn), % 0
6.0 to 8.0
Titanium (Ti), % 0.15 to 0.6
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 1.2