S32615 Stainless Steel vs. C31600 Bronze
S32615 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C31600 bronze belongs to the copper alloys. There are 25 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 S32615 stainless steel and the bottom bar is C31600 bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 28 | |
| 6.7 to 28 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 42 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 400 | |
| 170 to 270 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 620 | |
| 270 to 460 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 250 | |
| 80 to 390 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 370 | |
| 200 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 990 | |
| 180 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1350 | |
| 1040 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1310 | |
| 1010 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 500 | |
| 380 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 15 | |
| 18 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 24 | |
| 29 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.6 | |
| 8.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.4 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 63 | |
| 43 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 170 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 | |
| 30 to 58 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 160 | |
| 28 to 690 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 7.1 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 23 | |
| 8.5 to 15 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
| 11 to 15 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 | |
| 9.4 to 16 |
Alloy Composition
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| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16.5 to 19.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 1.5 to 2.5 | |
| 87.5 to 90.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 46.4 to 57.9 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 1.3 to 2.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.3 to 1.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 19 to 22 | |
| 0.7 to 1.2 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0.040 to 0.1 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 4.8 to 6.0 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 5.2 to 10.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |