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C12500 Copper vs. S20910 Stainless Steel

C12500 copper belongs to the copper alloys classification, while S20910 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is C12500 copper and the bottom bar is S20910 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 120
200
Elongation at Break, % 1.5 to 50
14 to 39
Poisson's Ratio 0.34
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 43
79
Shear Strength, MPa 150 to 220
500 to 570
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 220 to 420
780 to 940
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 75 to 390
430 to 810

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 210
300
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 200
1080
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1080
1420
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1070
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 390
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 350
13
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
16

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 31
22
Density, g/cm3 8.9
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.6
4.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 41
68
Embodied Water, L/kg 310
180

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 5.6 to 88
120 to 260
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 24 to 660
460 to 1640
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 7.2
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 18
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 6.9 to 13
28 to 33
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 9.1 to 14
24 to 27
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 100
3.6
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 7.8 to 15
17 to 21

Alloy Composition

Antimony (Sb), % 0 to 0.0030
0
Arsenic (As), % 0 to 0.012
0
Bismuth (Bi), % 0 to 0.0030
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.060
Chromium (Cr), % 0
20.5 to 23.5
Copper (Cu), % 99.88 to 100
0
Iron (Fe), % 0
52.1 to 62.1
Lead (Pb), % 0 to 0.0040
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0
4.0 to 6.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
1.5 to 3.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.050
11.5 to 13.5
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0.1 to 0.3
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.2 to 0.4
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0
0 to 0.75
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.030
Tellurium (Te), % 0 to 0.025
0
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.1 to 0.3
Residuals, % 0 to 0.3
0