EN 1.4378 Stainless Steel vs. C10500 Copper
EN 1.4378 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C10500 copper belongs to the copper alloys. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4378 stainless steel and the bottom bar is C10500 copper.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 34 | |
| 2.8 to 51 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 43 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 510 to 680 | |
| 150 to 210 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 760 to 1130 | |
| 220 to 400 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 430 to 970 | |
| 75 to 400 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 210 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 910 | |
| 200 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1080 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1350 | |
| 1080 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 12 | |
| 32 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.6 | |
| 9.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 2.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 39 | |
| 42 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 350 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 150 to 220 | |
| 11 to 90 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 470 to 2370 | |
| 24 to 680 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 to 41 | |
| 6.8 to 12 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 31 | |
| 9.1 to 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 23 | |
| 7.8 to 14 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 17 to 19 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 99.89 to 99.966 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 61.2 to 69 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 11.5 to 14.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 2.3 to 3.7 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.2 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0010 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 0 | |
| 0.034 to 0.060 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |