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C90800 Bronze vs. S21460 Stainless Steel

C90800 bronze belongs to the copper alloys classification, while S21460 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is C90800 bronze and the bottom bar is S21460 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 90
250
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 110
200
Elongation at Break, % 13
46
Poisson's Ratio 0.34
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 40
77
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 330
830
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 170
430

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 190
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 170
920
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 990
1380
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 870
1330
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 370
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 18
18

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 36
14
Density, g/cm3 8.7
7.6
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.8
3.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 62
43
Embodied Water, L/kg 410
160

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 35
320
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 140
460
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 6.9
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 18
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 11
30
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 12
26
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12
17

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0 to 0.0050
0
Antimony (Sb), % 0 to 0.2
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.12
Chromium (Cr), % 0
17 to 19
Copper (Cu), % 85.3 to 89
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.15
57.3 to 63.7
Lead (Pb), % 0 to 0.25
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0
14 to 16
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.5
5.0 to 6.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.35 to 0.5
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.3
0 to 0.060
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.0050
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.050
0 to 0.030
Tin (Sn), % 11 to 13
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.25
0