C17500 Copper vs. S66286 Stainless Steel
C17500 copper belongs to the copper alloys classification, while S66286 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C17500 copper and the bottom bar is S66286 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 6.0 to 30 | |
| 17 to 40 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 170 to 310 | |
| 240 to 410 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 45 | |
| 75 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 200 to 520 | |
| 420 to 630 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 310 to 860 | |
| 620 to 1020 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 170 to 760 | |
| 280 to 670 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 220 | |
| 300 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 220 | |
| 920 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1060 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1020 | |
| 1370 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 200 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 24 to 53 | |
| 1.9 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 24 to 54 | |
| 2.2 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 60 | |
| 26 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.9 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.7 | |
| 6.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 73 | |
| 87 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 320 | |
| 170 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 30 to 120 | |
| 150 to 200 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 120 to 2390 | |
| 190 to 1150 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.5 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 9.7 to 27 | |
| 22 to 36 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 11 to 23 | |
| 20 to 28 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 59 | |
| 4.0 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 11 to 29 | |
| 13 to 22 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Beryllium (Be), % | 0.4 to 0.7 | |
| 0 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0.0010 to 0.010 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 13.5 to 16 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 2.4 to 2.7 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 95.6 to 97.2 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 49.1 to 59.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 1.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 24 to 27 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 1.9 to 2.4 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |