C70260 Copper vs. S20910 Stainless Steel
C70260 copper belongs to the copper alloys classification, while S20910 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 27 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 C70260 copper and the bottom bar is S20910 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 9.5 to 19 | |
| 14 to 39 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 44 | |
| 79 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 320 to 450 | |
| 500 to 570 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 520 to 760 | |
| 780 to 940 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 410 to 650 | |
| 430 to 810 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 220 | |
| 300 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 200 | |
| 1080 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1060 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1040 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 160 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 16 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 31 | |
| 22 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 4.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 43 | |
| 68 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 180 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 46 to 140 | |
| 120 to 260 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 710 to 1810 | |
| 460 to 1640 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.3 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 16 to 24 | |
| 28 to 33 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 16 to 21 | |
| 24 to 27 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 45 | |
| 3.6 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 18 to 27 | |
| 17 to 21 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.060 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 20.5 to 23.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 95.8 to 98.8 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
| 52.1 to 62.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 4.0 to 6.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 1.5 to 3.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.0 to 3.0 | |
| 11.5 to 13.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.3 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.4 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.2 to 0.7 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.3 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |