EN 1.4020 Stainless Steel vs. C72900 Copper-nickel
EN 1.4020 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C72900 copper-nickel belongs to the copper alloys. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, 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 C72900 copper-nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 13 to 34 | |
| 6.0 to 20 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 45 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 510 to 680 | |
| 540 to 630 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 770 to 1130 | |
| 870 to 1080 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 430 to 950 | |
| 700 to 920 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 210 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 890 | |
| 210 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1120 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1350 | |
| 950 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 380 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 11 | |
| 39 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.6 | |
| 8.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.5 | |
| 4.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 37 | |
| 72 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 360 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 220 | |
| 49 to 210 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 460 to 2290 | |
| 2030 to 3490 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 7.6 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 to 41 | |
| 27 to 34 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 to 32 | |
| 23 to 27 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 23 | |
| 31 to 38 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16.5 to 19 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 74.1 to 78 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 62.8 to 71.8 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 11 to 14 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0.5 to 2.5 | |
| 14.5 to 15.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| 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 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 7.5 to 8.5 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |