C10500 Copper vs. EN 1.4596 Stainless Steel
C10500 copper belongs to the copper alloys classification, while EN 1.4596 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 20 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (14, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C10500 copper and the bottom bar is EN 1.4596 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
200 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
0.28 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 43 | |
76 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 220 to 400 | |
1030 to 1600 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 210 | |
280 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 200 | |
790 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1080 | |
1450 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1080 | |
1410 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
470 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 32 | |
15 |
Density, g/cm3 | 9.0 | |
7.9 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
3.5 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 42 | |
48 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 350 | |
130 |
Common Calculations
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 | |
14 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
25 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 6.8 to 12 | |
36 to 56 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 9.1 to 14 | |
29 to 39 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 7.8 to 14 | |
35 to 54 |
Alloy Composition
Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
0.8 to 1.1 |
Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.015 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
11.5 to 12.5 |
Copper (Cu), % | 99.89 to 99.966 | |
0 |
Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
73.4 to 76.4 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.1 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
1.9 to 2.2 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
9.2 to 10.2 |
Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.020 |
Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.0010 | |
0 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.010 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.1 |
Silver (Ag), % | 0.034 to 0.060 | |
0 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.0050 |
Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
0.28 to 0.4 |
Residuals, % | 0 to 0.050 | |
0 |