C16500 Copper vs. S31655 Stainless Steel
C16500 copper belongs to the copper alloys classification, while S31655 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 29 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 C16500 copper and the bottom bar is S31655 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.5 to 53 | |
| 39 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 43 | |
| 78 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 200 to 310 | |
| 490 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 280 to 530 | |
| 710 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 97 to 520 | |
| 350 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 210 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 340 | |
| 1010 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1070 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1010 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 380 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 250 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 16 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 60 | |
| 2.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 61 | |
| 2.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 31 | |
| 17 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 3.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 42 | |
| 46 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 320 | |
| 160 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 7.8 to 110 | |
| 230 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 41 to 1160 | |
| 310 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.1 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 8.6 to 17 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 11 to 16 | |
| 23 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 74 | |
| 4.0 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 9.8 to 19 | |
| 16 |
Alloy Composition
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0.6 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 19.5 to 21.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 97.8 to 98.9 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 63.2 to 71.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 1.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 8.0 to 9.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.14 to 0.25 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0.5 to 0.7 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |