C99500 Copper vs. AISI 410Cb Stainless Steel
C99500 copper belongs to the copper alloys classification, while AISI 410Cb stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C99500 copper and the bottom bar is AISI 410Cb stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 13 | |
| 15 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 45 | |
| 76 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 540 | |
| 550 to 960 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 310 | |
| 310 to 790 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 240 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 210 | |
| 730 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1090 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1040 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 400 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 10 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 10 | |
| 2.9 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 10 | |
| 3.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 30 | |
| 7.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.7 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.0 | |
| 2.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 47 | |
| 29 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 300 | |
| 97 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 63 | |
| 70 to 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 410 | |
| 240 to 1600 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.7 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 17 | |
| 20 to 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 | |
| 19 to 28 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 | |
| 20 to 35 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.5 to 2.0 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.18 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 11 to 13 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 82.5 to 92 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 3.0 to 5.0 | |
| 84.5 to 89 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 3.5 to 5.5 | |
| 0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.050 to 0.3 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.5 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0.5 to 2.0 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |