C81500 Copper vs. S82121 Stainless Steel
C81500 copper belongs to the copper alloys classification, while S82121 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C81500 copper and the bottom bar is S82121 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 110 | |
| 250 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 17 | |
| 28 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.27 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 44 | |
| 78 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 350 | |
| 730 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 280 | |
| 510 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 210 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 200 | |
| 1020 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1090 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1080 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 320 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 82 | |
| 2.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 83 | |
| 2.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 31 | |
| 14 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.9 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 41 | |
| 40 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 56 | |
| 180 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 330 | |
| 660 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.3 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 11 | |
| 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 12 | |
| 23 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 91 | |
| 4.0 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 | |
| 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.4 to 1.5 | |
| 21 to 23 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 97.4 to 99.6 | |
| 0.2 to 1.2 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 66.7 to 75.4 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 2.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.3 to 1.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 2.0 to 4.0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.25 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |