ASTM B596 Au-Cu vs. S15500 Stainless Steel
ASTM B596 Au-Cu belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while S15500 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 19 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (17, in this case) are not shown. Please note that the two materials have significantly dissimilar densities. This means that additional care is required when interpreting the data, because some material properties are based on units of mass, while others are based on units of area or volume.
For each property being compared, the top bar is ASTM B596 Au-Cu and the bottom bar is S15500 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 100 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 4.3 to 17 | |
| 6.8 to 16 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.41 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 36 | |
| 75 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 280 to 360 | |
| 540 to 870 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 450 to 620 | |
| 890 to 1490 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 77 | |
| 280 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1060 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 930 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 150 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 14 | |
| 2.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 6.7 | |
| 2.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 18 | |
| 7.8 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 3.1 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 8.5 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 6.8 to 9.4 | |
| 32 to 53 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 7.1 to 8.8 | |
| 26 to 37 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 22 to 30 | |
| 30 to 50 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.070 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 14 to 15.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 9.0 to 11 | |
| 2.5 to 4.5 |
| Gold (Au), % | 89 to 91 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
| 71.9 to 79.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 3.5 to 5.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.45 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |