C55181 Copper vs. S15500 Stainless Steel
C55181 copper belongs to the copper alloys classification, while S15500 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 20 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (17, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C55181 copper and the bottom bar is S15500 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 40 | |
| 75 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 200 | |
| 890 to 1490 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 190 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 200 | |
| 820 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 790 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 710 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 410 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 28 | |
| 13 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.5 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.4 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 38 | |
| 39 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 290 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.0 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 6.5 | |
| 32 to 53 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 8.9 | |
| 26 to 37 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 8.2 | |
| 30 to 50 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.070 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 14 to 15.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 92.4 to 93 | |
| 2.5 to 4.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
| 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), % | 7.0 to 7.5 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |