C70250 Copper vs. SAE-AISI D4 Steel
C70250 copper belongs to the copper alloys classification, while SAE-AISI D4 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 23 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 C70250 copper and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI D4 steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 44 | |
| 74 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 520 to 740 | |
| 760 to 2060 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 220 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1100 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1080 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 170 | |
| 31 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 36 to 50 | |
| 4.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 37 to 51 | |
| 5.0 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 31 | |
| 8.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.9 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.9 | |
| 3.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 45 | |
| 49 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 100 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.4 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 16 to 23 | |
| 27 to 75 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 16 to 21 | |
| 24 to 47 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 49 | |
| 8.3 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 18 to 26 | |
| 23 to 63 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 2.1 to 2.4 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 11 to 13 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 92.7 to 97.5 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
| 80.6 to 86.3 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0.050 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.7 to 1.2 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 2.2 to 4.2 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.25 to 1.2 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |