SAE-AISI 1039 Steel vs. C19500 Copper
SAE-AISI 1039 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C19500 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 SAE-AISI 1039 steel and the bottom bar is C19500 copper.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 18 | |
| 2.3 to 38 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 44 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 380 to 420 | |
| 260 to 360 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 610 to 690 | |
| 380 to 640 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 340 to 580 | |
| 120 to 600 |
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 | |
| 1090 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 51 | |
| 200 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.0 | |
| 50 to 56 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.1 | |
| 50 to 57 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
| 31 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 18 | |
| 42 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 46 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 88 to 94 | |
| 14 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 310 to 890 | |
| 59 to 1530 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 7.3 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 24 | |
| 12 to 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 22 | |
| 13 to 18 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 58 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 to 22 | |
| 13 to 23 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.37 to 0.44 | |
| 0 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 0.3 to 1.3 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 94.9 to 98.6 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 98.5 to 98.9 | |
| 1.0 to 2.0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.7 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0.010 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 1.0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |