C17500 Copper vs. S15500 Stainless Steel
C17500 copper belongs to the copper alloys classification, while S15500 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C17500 copper and the bottom bar is S15500 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 6.0 to 30 | |
| 6.8 to 16 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 170 to 310 | |
| 350 to 650 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 45 | |
| 75 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 200 to 520 | |
| 540 to 870 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 310 to 860 | |
| 890 to 1490 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 170 to 760 | |
| 590 to 1310 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 220 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 220 | |
| 820 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1060 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1020 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 200 | |
| 17 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 24 to 53 | |
| 2.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 24 to 54 | |
| 2.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 60 | |
| 13 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.7 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 73 | |
| 39 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 320 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 30 to 120 | |
| 98 to 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 120 to 2390 | |
| 890 to 4460 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.5 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 9.7 to 27 | |
| 32 to 53 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 11 to 23 | |
| 26 to 37 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 59 | |
| 4.6 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 11 to 29 | |
| 30 to 50 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Beryllium (Be), % | 0.4 to 0.7 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.070 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 14 to 15.5 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 2.4 to 2.7 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 95.6 to 97.2 | |
| 2.5 to 4.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 71.9 to 79.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 3.5 to 5.5 |
| 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 |