C17300 Copper vs. S17400 Stainless Steel
C17300 copper belongs to the copper alloys classification, while S17400 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 28 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 C17300 copper and the bottom bar is S17400 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 3.0 to 23 | |
| 11 to 21 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 45 | |
| 75 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 320 to 790 | |
| 570 to 830 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 500 to 1380 | |
| 910 to 1390 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 160 to 1200 | |
| 580 to 1250 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 230 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 270 | |
| 850 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 980 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 870 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 380 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 110 | |
| 17 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 22 | |
| 2.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 23 | |
| 2.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 9.4 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
| 39 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 40 to 88 | |
| 140 to 160 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 110 to 5410 | |
| 880 to 4060 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.6 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 16 to 44 | |
| 32 to 49 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 16 to 31 | |
| 27 to 35 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 32 | |
| 4.5 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 to 48 | |
| 30 to 46 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Beryllium (Be), % | 1.8 to 2.0 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.070 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 15 to 17 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 95.5 to 97.8 | |
| 3.0 to 5.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 70.4 to 78.9 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0.2 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0.2 to 0.6 | |
| 3.0 to 5.0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.45 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |