EN 1.5525 Steel vs. C12500 Copper
EN 1.5525 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C12500 copper belongs to the copper alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.5525 steel and the bottom bar is C12500 copper.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 21 | |
| 1.5 to 50 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 43 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 310 to 350 | |
| 150 to 220 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 440 to 1440 | |
| 220 to 420 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 300 to 490 | |
| 75 to 390 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 210 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 200 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1080 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1070 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 50 | |
| 350 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.1 | |
| 92 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.2 | |
| 93 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.9 | |
| 31 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 2.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 41 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 48 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 44 to 240 | |
| 5.6 to 88 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 240 to 640 | |
| 24 to 660 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 16 to 51 | |
| 6.9 to 13 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 16 to 36 | |
| 9.1 to 14 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
| 100 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 42 | |
| 7.8 to 15 |
Alloy Composition
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0030 |
| Arsenic (As), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.012 |
| Bismuth (Bi), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0030 |
| Boron (B), % | 0.00080 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.18 to 0.23 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 99.88 to 100 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 97.7 to 98.9 | |
| 0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0040 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.9 to 1.2 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 |
| Tellurium (Te), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |