C14510 Copper vs. S21904 Stainless Steel
C14510 copper belongs to the copper alloys classification, while S21904 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C14510 copper and the bottom bar is S21904 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 9.1 to 9.6 | |
| 17 to 51 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 43 | |
| 78 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 180 to 190 | |
| 510 to 620 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 300 to 320 | |
| 700 to 1000 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 230 to 250 | |
| 390 to 910 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 210 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 200 | |
| 980 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1080 | |
| 1400 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1050 | |
| 1350 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 360 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 33 | |
| 15 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.9 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 3.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 42 | |
| 43 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 160 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 25 to 29 | |
| 160 to 310 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 230 to 280 | |
| 380 to 2070 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 9.2 to 10 | |
| 25 to 36 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 11 to 12 | |
| 23 to 29 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 100 | |
| 3.8 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 11 to 12 | |
| 15 to 21 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 19 to 21.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 99.15 to 99.69 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
| 59.5 to 67.4 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 8.0 to 10 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 5.5 to 7.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.4 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0.010 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tellurium (Te), % | 0.3 to 0.7 | |
| 0 |