C82400 Copper vs. S45500 Stainless Steel
C82400 copper belongs to the copper alloys classification, while S45500 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 22 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (13, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C82400 copper and the bottom bar is S45500 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.0 to 20 | |
| 3.4 to 11 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 45 | |
| 75 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 500 to 1030 | |
| 1370 to 1850 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 260 to 970 | |
| 1240 to 1700 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 230 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 270 | |
| 760 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1000 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 900 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 380 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.8 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.9 | |
| 3.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 140 | |
| 57 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 120 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 10 to 83 | |
| 45 to 190 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.6 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 16 to 33 | |
| 48 to 65 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 16 to 26 | |
| 35 to 42 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 to 36 | |
| 48 to 64 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |
| Beryllium (Be), % | 1.6 to 1.9 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 11 to 12.5 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0.2 to 0.65 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 96 to 98.2 | |
| 1.5 to 2.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 71.5 to 79.2 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 7.5 to 9.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.12 | |
| 0.8 to 1.4 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |