C82200 Copper vs. S21460 Stainless Steel
C82200 copper belongs to the copper alloys classification, while S21460 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C82200 copper and the bottom bar is S21460 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 8.0 to 20 | |
| 46 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 44 | |
| 77 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 390 to 660 | |
| 830 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 210 to 520 | |
| 430 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 220 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 230 | |
| 920 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1080 | |
| 1380 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1040 | |
| 1330 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 18 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 55 | |
| 14 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.9 | |
| 7.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.8 | |
| 3.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 74 | |
| 43 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 160 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 49 to 66 | |
| 320 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 180 to 1130 | |
| 460 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.4 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 12 to 20 | |
| 30 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 13 to 19 | |
| 26 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 23 | |
| 17 |
Alloy Composition
| Beryllium (Be), % | 0.35 to 0.8 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.12 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 17 to 19 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 97.4 to 98.7 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
| 57.3 to 63.7 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 14 to 16 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.0 to 2.0 | |
| 5.0 to 6.0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.35 to 0.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.060 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |