SAE-AISI 1552 Steel vs. C12900 Copper
SAE-AISI 1552 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C12900 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 SAE-AISI 1552 steel and the bottom bar is C12900 copper.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 14 | |
| 2.8 to 50 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 43 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 460 to 510 | |
| 150 to 210 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 760 to 840 | |
| 220 to 420 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 460 to 650 | |
| 75 to 380 |
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 | |
| 1030 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 51 | |
| 380 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 11 | |
| 98 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 12 | |
| 98 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
| 32 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 9.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 2.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 41 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 47 | |
| 330 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 81 to 98 | |
| 11 to 88 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 560 to 1130 | |
| 24 to 640 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 27 to 30 | |
| 6.8 to 13 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 25 | |
| 9.1 to 14 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 110 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 26 to 29 | |
| 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 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.47 to 0.55 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 99.88 to 100 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 97.9 to 98.3 | |
| 0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0040 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 1.2 to 1.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.054 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Tellurium (Te), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |