EN 1.5538 Steel vs. C81500 Copper
EN 1.5538 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C81500 copper belongs to the copper alloys. There are 25 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 1.5538 steel and the bottom bar is C81500 copper.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 160 to 190 | |
| 110 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 120 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 44 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 530 to 1810 | |
| 350 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 210 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 200 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1090 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1080 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 51 | |
| 320 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.2 | |
| 82 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.3 | |
| 83 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.0 | |
| 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
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 7.3 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 19 to 64 | |
| 11 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 to 42 | |
| 12 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 91 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 53 | |
| 12 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Boron (B), % | 0.00080 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.35 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0.4 to 1.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 97.4 to 99.6 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 97.2 to 98.5 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 1.2 to 1.5 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |