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C91600 Bronze vs. EN 1.4378 Stainless Steel

C91600 bronze belongs to the copper alloys classification, while EN 1.4378 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 C91600 bronze and the bottom bar is EN 1.4378 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 84
190 to 340
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 110
200
Elongation at Break, % 11
14 to 34
Poisson's Ratio 0.34
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 41
77
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 310
760 to 1130
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 160
430 to 970

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 190
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 170
910
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1030
1390
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 860
1350
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 370
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 18
17

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 36
12
Density, g/cm3 8.8
7.6
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.7
2.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 61
39
Embodied Water, L/kg 390
150

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 30
150 to 220
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 120
470 to 2370
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 7.0
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 18
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 9.9
28 to 41
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 12
24 to 31
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 11
16 to 23

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0 to 0.0050
0
Antimony (Sb), % 0 to 0.2
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.080
Chromium (Cr), % 0
17 to 19
Copper (Cu), % 85.9 to 89.1
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.2
61.2 to 69
Lead (Pb), % 0 to 0.25
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0
11.5 to 14.5
Nickel (Ni), % 1.2 to 2.0
2.3 to 3.7
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.2 to 0.4
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), % 9.7 to 10.8
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.25
0