EN 1.4021 Stainless Steel vs. C10500 Copper
EN 1.4021 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C10500 copper belongs to the copper alloys. There are 29 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 EN 1.4021 stainless steel and the bottom bar is C10500 copper.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 17 | |
| 2.8 to 51 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 43 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 390 to 530 | |
| 150 to 210 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 630 to 880 | |
| 220 to 400 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 390 to 670 | |
| 75 to 400 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 210 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 760 | |
| 200 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1080 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1080 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 30 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 100 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.3 | |
| 100 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 7.0 | |
| 32 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 9.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.9 | |
| 2.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 27 | |
| 42 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 100 | |
| 350 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 88 to 110 | |
| 11 to 90 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 400 to 1160 | |
| 24 to 680 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 23 to 31 | |
| 6.8 to 12 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 to 26 | |
| 9.1 to 14 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 8.1 | |
| 110 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 22 to 31 | |
| 7.8 to 14 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.16 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 12 to 14 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 99.89 to 99.966 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 83.2 to 87.8 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0010 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 0 | |
| 0.034 to 0.060 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |