C82500 Copper vs. S46910 Stainless Steel
C82500 copper belongs to the copper alloys classification, while S46910 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 23 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C82500 copper and the bottom bar is S46910 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.0 to 20 | |
| 2.2 to 11 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 45 | |
| 76 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 550 to 1100 | |
| 680 to 2470 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 310 to 980 | |
| 450 to 2290 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 240 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 280 | |
| 810 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 980 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 860 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.8 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 10 | |
| 4.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 160 | |
| 55 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 11 to 94 | |
| 48 to 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 400 to 4000 | |
| 510 to 4780 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.7 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 to 35 | |
| 24 to 86 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 to 27 | |
| 22 to 51 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 to 38 | |
| 23 to 84 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0.15 to 0.5 |
| Beryllium (Be), % | 1.9 to 2.3 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 11 to 13 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0.15 to 0.7 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 95.3 to 97.8 | |
| 1.5 to 3.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 65 to 76 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 3.0 to 5.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 8.0 to 10 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.2 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.7 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.12 | |
| 0.5 to 1.2 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |