C71520 Copper-nickel vs. S66286 Stainless Steel
C71520 copper-nickel belongs to the copper alloys classification, while S66286 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. They have a modest 27% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C71520 copper-nickel and the bottom bar is S66286 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 140 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 10 to 45 | |
| 17 to 40 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 51 | |
| 75 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 250 to 340 | |
| 420 to 630 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 370 to 570 | |
| 620 to 1020 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 140 to 430 | |
| 280 to 670 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 230 | |
| 300 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 260 | |
| 920 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1170 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1120 | |
| 1370 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 400 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 32 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 15 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 5.7 | |
| 1.9 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 5.8 | |
| 2.2 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 40 | |
| 26 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.9 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 5.0 | |
| 6.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 73 | |
| 87 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 280 | |
| 170 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 54 to 130 | |
| 150 to 200 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 67 to 680 | |
| 190 to 1150 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 8.6 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 12 to 18 | |
| 22 to 36 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 13 to 17 | |
| 20 to 28 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 8.9 | |
| 4.0 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 19 | |
| 13 to 22 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0.0010 to 0.010 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 13.5 to 16 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 65 to 71.6 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0.4 to 1.0 | |
| 49.1 to 59.5 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 1.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 28 to 33 | |
| 24 to 27 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 1.9 to 2.4 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.5 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |