C55280 Copper vs. EN 1.4710 Stainless Steel
C55280 copper belongs to the copper alloys classification, while EN 1.4710 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 14 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (15, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C55280 copper and the bottom bar is EN 1.4710 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 40 | |
| 74 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 190 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 200 | |
| 750 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 790 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 640 | |
| 1390 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 410 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 9.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.5 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.2 | |
| 1.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 67 | |
| 24 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 6.9 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 25 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.35 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 6.0 to 8.0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 90.5 to 91.4 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
| 87.4 to 92.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 6.8 to 7.2 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 2.5 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 1.8 to 2.2 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |