AISI 347 Stainless Steel vs. C96700 Copper
AISI 347 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C96700 copper belongs to the copper alloys. There are 26 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 AISI 347 stainless steel and the bottom bar is C96700 copper.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 140 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 34 to 46 | |
| 10 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 53 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 610 to 690 | |
| 1210 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 240 to 350 | |
| 550 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 870 | |
| 310 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1170 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1110 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 400 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 16 | |
| 30 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 15 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 19 | |
| 90 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.6 | |
| 9.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 52 | |
| 140 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 280 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 190 to 220 | |
| 99 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 150 to 310 | |
| 1080 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 8.9 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 25 | |
| 38 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 22 | |
| 29 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.3 | |
| 8.5 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 15 | |
| 40 |
Alloy Composition
| Beryllium (Be), % | 0 | |
| 1.1 to 1.2 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 17 to 19 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 62.4 to 68.8 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 64.1 to 74 | |
| 0.4 to 1.0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0.4 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 9.0 to 13 | |
| 29 to 33 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |