S46500 Stainless Steel vs. C65400 Bronze
S46500 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C65400 bronze belongs to the copper alloys. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S46500 stainless steel and the bottom bar is C65400 bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.3 to 14 | |
| 2.6 to 47 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 43 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 730 to 1120 | |
| 350 to 530 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1260 to 1930 | |
| 500 to 1060 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 1120 to 1810 | |
| 170 to 910 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 260 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 780 | |
| 200 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1020 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 960 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 400 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
| 31 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 8.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.6 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 51 | |
| 45 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 120 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 43 to 210 | |
| 10 to 480 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 7.3 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 44 to 68 | |
| 16 to 34 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 33 to 44 | |
| 16 to 27 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 44 to 67 | |
| 18 to 39 |
Alloy Composition
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| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 12.5 | |
| 0.010 to 0.12 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 93.8 to 96.1 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 72.6 to 76.1 | |
| 0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.75 to 1.3 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 10.7 to 11.3 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 2.7 to 3.4 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 1.2 to 1.9 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 1.5 to 1.8 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |