C51000 Bronze vs. S46910 Stainless Steel
C51000 bronze belongs to the copper alloys classification, while S46910 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C51000 bronze and the bottom bar is S46910 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.7 to 64 | |
| 2.2 to 11 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 42 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 250 to 460 | |
| 410 to 1410 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 330 to 780 | |
| 680 to 2470 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 130 to 750 | |
| 450 to 2290 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 200 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 190 | |
| 810 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1050 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 960 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 380 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 33 | |
| 18 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.8 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.1 | |
| 4.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 50 | |
| 55 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 350 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 7.0 to 490 | |
| 48 to 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 75 to 2490 | |
| 510 to 4780 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.0 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 10 to 25 | |
| 24 to 86 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 12 to 21 | |
| 22 to 51 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 28 | |
| 23 to 84 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.5 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 11 to 13 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 92.9 to 95.5 | |
| 1.5 to 3.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 65 to 76 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 3.0 to 5.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 8.0 to 10 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0.030 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.7 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 4.5 to 5.8 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 1.2 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |