AISI 420 Stainless Steel vs. C22000 Bronze
AISI 420 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C22000 bronze belongs to the copper alloys. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 420 stainless steel and the bottom bar is C22000 bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 8.0 to 15 | |
| 1.9 to 45 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.33 |
| Rockwell B Hardness | 84 | |
| 42 to 81 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 42 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 420 to 1010 | |
| 200 to 300 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 690 to 1720 | |
| 260 to 520 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 380 to 1310 | |
| 69 to 500 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 200 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 620 | |
| 180 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1510 | |
| 1040 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1020 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 27 | |
| 190 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 10 | |
| 18 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 3.0 | |
| 44 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.5 | |
| 45 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 7.5 | |
| 29 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 8.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.0 | |
| 2.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 28 | |
| 42 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 100 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 88 to 130 | |
| 3.7 to 230 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 380 to 4410 | |
| 21 to 1110 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 25 to 62 | |
| 8.1 to 17 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 41 | |
| 10 to 17 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 7.3 | |
| 56 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 25 to 62 | |
| 8.8 to 18 |
Alloy Composition
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| Carbon (C), % | 0.15 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 12 to 14 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 89 to 91 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 82.3 to 87.9 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 8.7 to 11 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |