AISI 301LN Stainless Steel vs. C82500 Copper
AISI 301LN stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C82500 copper belongs to the copper alloys. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 301LN stainless steel and the bottom bar is C82500 copper.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 23 to 51 | |
| 1.0 to 20 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 45 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 630 to 1060 | |
| 550 to 1100 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 270 to 770 | |
| 310 to 980 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 240 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 890 | |
| 280 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 980 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 860 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 130 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 20 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.7 | |
| 21 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 10 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 39 | |
| 160 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 220 to 290 | |
| 11 to 94 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 180 to 1520 | |
| 400 to 4000 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 7.7 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 38 | |
| 18 to 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 to 30 | |
| 17 to 27 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.0 | |
| 38 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 24 | |
| 19 to 38 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Beryllium (Be), % | 0 | |
| 1.9 to 2.3 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16 to 18 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.7 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 95.3 to 97.8 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 70.7 to 77.9 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 6.0 to 8.0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.070 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.12 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |