EN 1.4525 Stainless Steel vs. C61500 Bronze
EN 1.4525 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C61500 bronze belongs to the copper alloys. There are 28 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 EN 1.4525 stainless steel and the bottom bar is C61500 bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 5.6 to 13 | |
| 3.0 to 55 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 42 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1030 to 1250 | |
| 480 to 970 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 840 to 1120 | |
| 150 to 720 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 220 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 860 | |
| 220 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1040 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1030 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 430 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 18 | |
| 58 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 18 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.2 | |
| 13 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.6 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 13 | |
| 29 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.4 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.8 | |
| 3.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 39 | |
| 52 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
| 380 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 68 to 130 | |
| 27 to 200 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1820 to 3230 | |
| 100 to 2310 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 7.5 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 36 to 45 | |
| 16 to 32 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 29 to 33 | |
| 16 to 26 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.7 | |
| 16 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 34 to 41 | |
| 17 to 34 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 7.7 to 8.3 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 15 to 17 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 2.5 to 4.0 | |
| 89 to 90.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 70.4 to 79 | |
| 0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.8 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 3.5 to 5.5 | |
| 1.8 to 2.2 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.8 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |