S17600 Stainless Steel vs. C22000 Bronze
S17600 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C22000 bronze belongs to the copper alloys. There are 29 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 S17600 stainless steel and the bottom bar is C22000 bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 8.6 to 11 | |
| 1.9 to 45 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 42 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 560 to 880 | |
| 200 to 300 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 940 to 1490 | |
| 260 to 520 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 580 to 1310 | |
| 69 to 500 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 200 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 890 | |
| 180 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1040 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1020 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 190 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 18 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.3 | |
| 44 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.7 | |
| 45 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 13 | |
| 29 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.9 | |
| 2.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 42 | |
| 42 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 70 to 150 | |
| 3.7 to 230 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 850 to 4390 | |
| 21 to 1110 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 34 to 54 | |
| 8.1 to 17 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 28 to 37 | |
| 10 to 17 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.1 | |
| 56 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 31 to 50 | |
| 8.8 to 18 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16 to 17.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 89 to 91 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 71.3 to 77.6 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 6.0 to 7.5 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.4 to 1.2 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 8.7 to 11 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |