C65500 Bronze vs. EN 1.4031 Stainless Steel
C65500 bronze belongs to the copper alloys classification, while EN 1.4031 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 29 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 C65500 bronze and the bottom bar is EN 1.4031 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 4.0 to 70 | |
| 11 to 13 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 43 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 260 to 440 | |
| 400 to 540 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 360 to 760 | |
| 670 to 900 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 120 to 430 | |
| 390 to 730 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 260 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 200 | |
| 770 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1030 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 970 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 400 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 36 | |
| 30 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.0 | |
| 3.1 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 7.3 | |
| 3.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 29 | |
| 7.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.6 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 1.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 42 | |
| 27 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 300 | |
| 100 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 11 to 450 | |
| 77 to 94 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 62 to 790 | |
| 380 to 1360 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.5 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 12 to 24 | |
| 24 to 32 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 13 to 21 | |
| 22 to 27 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 10 | |
| 8.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 26 | |
| 23 to 32 |
Alloy Composition
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| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0.36 to 0.42 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 12.5 to 14.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 91.5 to 96.7 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.8 | |
| 83 to 87.1 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.5 to 1.3 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 2.8 to 3.8 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |