EN 1.4655 Stainless Steel vs. C14181 Copper
EN 1.4655 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C14181 copper belongs to the copper alloys. There are 26 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 1.4655 stainless steel and the bottom bar is C14181 copper.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
120 |
Elongation at Break, % | 23 to 25 | |
15 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.27 | |
0.34 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
43 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 720 to 730 | |
210 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 450 to 480 | |
130 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
210 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1050 | |
200 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
1080 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1370 | |
1080 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
390 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
380 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
31 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
9.0 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.9 | |
2.6 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 41 | |
41 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 160 | |
310 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 150 to 160 | |
28 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 510 to 580 | |
69 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
7.2 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
18 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 | |
6.5 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
8.8 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.0 | |
110 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 20 | |
7.4 |
Alloy Composition
Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.0020 |
Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
0 to 0.0050 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 22 to 24 | |
0 |
Copper (Cu), % | 1.0 to 3.0 | |
99.9 to 100 |
Iron (Fe), % | 63.6 to 73.4 | |
0 |
Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.0020 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
0 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.1 to 0.6 | |
0 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 3.5 to 5.5 | |
0 |
Nitrogen (N), % | 0.050 to 0.2 | |
0 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
0 to 0.0020 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
0 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
0 |
Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.0020 |