C16200 Copper vs. S13800 Stainless Steel
C16200 copper belongs to the copper alloys classification, while S13800 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C16200 copper and the bottom bar is S13800 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.0 to 56 | |
| 11 to 18 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 100 to 210 | |
| 410 to 870 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 43 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 190 to 390 | |
| 610 to 1030 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 240 to 550 | |
| 980 to 1730 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 48 to 470 | |
| 660 to 1580 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 210 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 370 | |
| 810 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1080 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1030 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 380 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 360 | |
| 16 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 90 | |
| 2.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 90 | |
| 2.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 30 | |
| 15 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 9.0 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 3.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 41 | |
| 46 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 10 to 99 | |
| 150 to 190 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 10 to 970 | |
| 1090 to 5490 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 7.4 to 17 | |
| 35 to 61 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 9.6 to 17 | |
| 28 to 41 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 100 | |
| 4.3 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 8.7 to 20 | |
| 33 to 58 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0.9 to 1.4 |
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0.7 to 1.2 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 12.3 to 13.2 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 98.6 to 99.3 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 73.6 to 77.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 2.0 to 3.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 7.5 to 8.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0080 |