C65500 Bronze vs. AISI 304L Stainless Steel
C65500 bronze belongs to the copper alloys classification, while AISI 304L stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 31 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 C65500 bronze and the bottom bar is AISI 304L stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 4.0 to 70 | |
| 6.7 to 46 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.28 |
| Rockwell B Hardness | 62 to 97 | |
| 79 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 43 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 260 to 440 | |
| 370 to 680 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 360 to 760 | |
| 540 to 1160 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 120 to 430 | |
| 190 to 870 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 260 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 200 | |
| 540 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1030 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 970 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 400 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 36 | |
| 16 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.0 | |
| 2.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 7.3 | |
| 2.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 29 | |
| 16 |
| Calomel Potential, mV | -270 | |
| -80 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.6 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 3.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 42 | |
| 44 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 300 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 11 to 450 | |
| 71 to 240 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 62 to 790 | |
| 92 to 1900 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.5 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 12 to 24 | |
| 19 to 41 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 13 to 21 | |
| 19 to 31 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 10 | |
| 4.2 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 26 | |
| 12 to 25 |
Alloy Composition
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| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 18 to 20 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 91.5 to 96.7 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.8 | |
| 65 to 74 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.5 to 1.3 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 8.0 to 12 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 2.8 to 3.8 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |