C11600 Copper vs. S45503 Stainless Steel
C11600 copper belongs to the copper alloys classification, while S45503 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (13, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C11600 copper and the bottom bar is S45503 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.7 to 50 | |
| 4.6 to 6.8 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 43 | |
| 75 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 160 to 240 | |
| 940 to 1070 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 230 to 410 | |
| 1610 to 1850 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 77 to 410 | |
| 1430 to 1700 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 210 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 200 | |
| 760 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1080 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1030 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 35 | |
| 15 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 9.0 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 3.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 42 | |
| 48 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 390 | |
| 120 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 9.7 to 91 | |
| 82 to 110 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 to 13 | |
| 57 to 65 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 9.4 to 14 | |
| 39 to 43 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 8.2 to 15 | |
| 56 to 64 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 11 to 12.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 99.78 to 99.915 | |
| 1.5 to 2.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
| 72.4 to 78.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 7.5 to 9.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 0.085 to 0.12 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 1.4 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |