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S20910 Stainless Steel vs. C87200 Bronze

S20910 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C87200 bronze belongs to the copper alloys. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S20910 stainless steel and the bottom bar is C87200 bronze.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 230 to 290
85
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
110
Elongation at Break, % 14 to 39
30
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.34
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
43
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 780 to 940
380
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 430 to 810
170

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
260
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1080
200
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
970
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
860
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
410
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 13
28
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
17

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 22
29
Density, g/cm3 7.8
8.6
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.8
2.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 68
44
Embodied Water, L/kg 180
310

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 120 to 260
93
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 460 to 1640
130
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
7.4
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
19
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 28 to 33
12
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 24 to 27
14
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.6
8.0
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 17 to 21
14

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0 to 1.5
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.060
0
Chromium (Cr), % 20.5 to 23.5
0
Copper (Cu), % 0
89 to 99
Iron (Fe), % 52.1 to 62.1
0 to 2.5
Lead (Pb), % 0
0 to 0.5
Manganese (Mn), % 4.0 to 6.0
0 to 1.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 1.5 to 3.0
0
Nickel (Ni), % 11.5 to 13.5
0
Niobium (Nb), % 0.1 to 0.3
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.2 to 0.4
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.5
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.75
1.0 to 5.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0
Tin (Sn), % 0
0 to 1.0
Vanadium (V), % 0.1 to 0.3
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 5.0