AISI 310 Stainless Steel vs. C71520 Copper-nickel
AISI 310 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C71520 copper-nickel belongs to the copper alloys. They have a modest 22% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 310 stainless steel and the bottom bar is C71520 copper-nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 140 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 34 to 45 | |
| 10 to 45 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.27 | |
| 0.33 |
| Rockwell B Hardness | 82 | |
| 35 to 86 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 51 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 420 to 470 | |
| 250 to 340 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 600 to 710 | |
| 370 to 570 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 260 to 350 | |
| 140 to 430 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 310 | |
| 230 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1040 | |
| 260 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1170 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1120 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 400 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 32 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 15 | |
| 15 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.2 | |
| 5.7 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.5 | |
| 5.8 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 25 | |
| 40 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.3 | |
| 5.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 61 | |
| 73 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 190 | |
| 280 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 200 to 220 | |
| 54 to 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 170 to 310 | |
| 67 to 680 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 8.6 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 25 | |
| 12 to 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 22 | |
| 13 to 17 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.9 | |
| 8.9 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 17 | |
| 12 to 19 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 24 to 26 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 65 to 71.6 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 48.2 to 57 | |
| 0.4 to 1.0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 19 to 22 | |
| 28 to 33 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |