EN 1.4477 Stainless Steel vs. C11000 Copper
EN 1.4477 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C11000 copper belongs to the copper alloys. There are 29 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 1.4477 stainless steel and the bottom bar is C11000 copper.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 210 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 22 to 23 | |
| 1.5 to 50 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.27 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 81 | |
| 43 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 550 to 580 | |
| 150 to 230 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 880 to 930 | |
| 220 to 410 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 620 to 730 | |
| 69 to 390 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 210 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1100 | |
| 200 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1080 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1070 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 13 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.2 | |
| 100 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.5 | |
| 100 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 20 | |
| 31 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 9.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.7 | |
| 2.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 52 | |
| 41 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 190 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 180 to 190 | |
| 6.1 to 91 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 940 to 1290 | |
| 21 to 640 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 15 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 31 to 33 | |
| 6.8 to 13 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 26 to 27 | |
| 9.0 to 14 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.5 | |
| 110 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 to 25 | |
| 8.0 to 15 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 28 to 30 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.8 | |
| 99.9 to 100 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 56.6 to 63.6 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.8 to 1.5 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.5 to 2.6 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 5.8 to 7.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.3 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |