S21600 Stainless Steel vs. C63600 Bronze
S21600 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C63600 bronze belongs to the copper alloys. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S21600 stainless steel and the bottom bar is C63600 bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 46 | |
| 30 to 66 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.34 |
| Rockwell B Hardness | 86 | |
| 71 to 84 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 79 | |
| 42 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 500 | |
| 320 to 360 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 710 | |
| 410 to 540 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 390 | |
| 150 to 260 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 230 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 990 | |
| 210 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1030 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 980 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 410 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 17 | |
| 30 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 8.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.6 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 50 | |
| 45 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 160 | |
| 340 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 270 | |
| 98 to 290 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 370 | |
| 100 to 300 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 7.3 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 25 | |
| 13 to 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 14 to 17 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 | |
| 15 to 20 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 3.0 to 4.0 |
| Arsenic (As), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 17.5 to 22 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 93 to 96.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 57.6 to 67.8 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 7.5 to 9.0 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.0 to 3.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 5.0 to 7.0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.25 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0.7 to 1.3 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |