EN 1.4606 Stainless Steel vs. C10200 Copper
EN 1.4606 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C10200 copper belongs to the copper alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4606 stainless steel and the bottom bar is C10200 copper.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 23 to 39 | |
| 2.6 to 50 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 43 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 410 to 640 | |
| 160 to 240 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 600 to 1020 | |
| 230 to 410 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 280 to 630 | |
| 77 to 400 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 210 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 910 | |
| 200 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1080 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1080 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 14 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.9 | |
| 100 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.2 | |
| 100 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 26 | |
| 31 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 9.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 6.0 | |
| 2.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 87 | |
| 41 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 170 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 190 to 200 | |
| 9.4 to 91 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 200 to 1010 | |
| 25 to 690 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 36 | |
| 7.2 to 13 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 28 | |
| 9.4 to 14 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.7 | |
| 110 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 to 35 | |
| 8.2 to 15 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |
| Boron (B), % | 0.0010 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 13 to 16 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 99.95 to 100 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 49.2 to 59 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 1.0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 24 to 27 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0010 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 1.9 to 2.3 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.1 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |