CC496K Bronze vs. AISI 201 Stainless Steel
CC496K bronze belongs to the copper alloys classification, while AISI 201 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is CC496K bronze and the bottom bar is AISI 201 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 72 | |
| 200 to 440 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 97 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 8.6 | |
| 4.6 to 51 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.35 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 36 | |
| 77 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 210 | |
| 650 to 1450 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 99 | |
| 300 to 1080 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 170 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 140 | |
| 880 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 900 | |
| 1410 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 820 | |
| 1370 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 340 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 52 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 19 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 11 | |
| 2.5 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 11 | |
| 2.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 31 | |
| 12 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 9.2 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.3 | |
| 2.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 52 | |
| 38 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 380 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 15 | |
| 61 to 340 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 50 | |
| 230 to 2970 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 5.9 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 17 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 6.5 | |
| 23 to 52 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 8.6 | |
| 22 to 37 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 17 | |
| 4.0 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 8.1 | |
| 14 to 32 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 16 to 18 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 72 to 79.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 67.5 to 75 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 13 to 17 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 5.5 to 7.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0.5 to 2.0 | |
| 3.5 to 5.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.060 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 6.0 to 8.0 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 |