C65500 Bronze vs. EN 1.4527 Stainless Steel
C65500 bronze belongs to the copper alloys classification, while EN 1.4527 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C65500 bronze and the bottom bar is EN 1.4527 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 4.0 to 70 | |
| 40 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 43 | |
| 77 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 360 to 760 | |
| 480 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 120 to 430 | |
| 190 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 260 | |
| 310 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 200 | |
| 1100 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1030 | |
| 1410 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 970 | |
| 1360 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 400 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 36 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 15 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 29 | |
| 32 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.6 | |
| 8.1 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 5.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 42 | |
| 78 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 300 | |
| 210 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 11 to 450 | |
| 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 62 to 790 | |
| 95 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.5 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 12 to 24 | |
| 17 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 13 to 21 | |
| 17 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 10 | |
| 4.0 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 26 | |
| 12 |
Alloy Composition
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| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.060 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 19 to 22 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 91.5 to 96.7 | |
| 3.0 to 4.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.8 | |
| 37.4 to 48.5 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.5 to 1.3 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 2.0 to 3.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 27.5 to 30.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 2.8 to 3.8 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |