EN 1.4378 Stainless Steel vs. C17000 Copper
EN 1.4378 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C17000 copper belongs to the copper alloys. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, 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 C17000 copper.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 34 | |
| 1.1 to 31 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 45 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 510 to 680 | |
| 320 to 750 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 760 to 1130 | |
| 490 to 1310 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 430 to 970 | |
| 160 to 1140 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 230 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 910 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 980 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1350 | |
| 870 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.6 | |
| 8.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 8.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 39 | |
| 140 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 150 to 220 | |
| 4.2 to 390 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 470 to 2370 | |
| 110 to 5420 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 7.6 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 to 41 | |
| 15 to 41 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 31 | |
| 16 to 30 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 23 | |
| 17 to 45 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Beryllium (Be), % | 0 | |
| 1.6 to 1.8 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 17 to 19 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 96.3 to 98.2 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 61.2 to 69 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 11.5 to 14.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 2.3 to 3.7 | |
| 0.2 to 0.6 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.2 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |