AISI 310 Stainless Steel vs. C82800 Copper
AISI 310 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C82800 copper belongs to the copper alloys. There are 28 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 310 stainless steel and the bottom bar is C82800 copper.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 34 to 45 | |
| 1.0 to 20 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.27 | |
| 0.33 |
| Rockwell B Hardness | 82 | |
| 45 to 85 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 46 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 600 to 710 | |
| 670 to 1140 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 260 to 350 | |
| 380 to 1000 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 310 | |
| 240 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1040 | |
| 310 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 930 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 890 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 120 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 15 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.2 | |
| 18 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.5 | |
| 19 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.3 | |
| 12 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 61 | |
| 190 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 190 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 200 to 220 | |
| 11 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 170 to 310 | |
| 590 to 4080 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 7.8 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 25 | |
| 21 to 36 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 22 | |
| 20 to 28 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.9 | |
| 36 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 17 | |
| 23 to 39 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Beryllium (Be), % | 0 | |
| 2.5 to 2.9 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 24 to 26 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.7 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 94.6 to 97.2 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 48.2 to 57 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 19 to 22 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 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 |