EN 1.4020 Stainless Steel vs. C16200 Copper
EN 1.4020 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C16200 copper belongs to the copper alloys. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4020 stainless steel and the bottom bar is C16200 copper.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 13 to 34 | |
| 2.0 to 56 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 340 to 540 | |
| 100 to 210 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 43 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 510 to 680 | |
| 190 to 390 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 770 to 1130 | |
| 240 to 550 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 430 to 950 | |
| 48 to 470 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 210 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 890 | |
| 370 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1080 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1350 | |
| 1030 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 380 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 11 | |
| 30 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.6 | |
| 9.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.5 | |
| 2.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 37 | |
| 41 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 220 | |
| 10 to 99 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 460 to 2290 | |
| 10 to 970 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 to 41 | |
| 7.4 to 17 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 to 32 | |
| 9.6 to 17 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 23 | |
| 8.7 to 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 | |
| 0.7 to 1.2 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16.5 to 19 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 98.6 to 99.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 62.8 to 71.8 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 11 to 14 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0.5 to 2.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.2 to 0.45 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |