N08020 Stainless Steel vs. C12900 Copper
N08020 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C12900 copper belongs to the copper alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is N08020 stainless steel and the bottom bar is C12900 copper.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 15 to 34 | |
| 2.8 to 50 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 43 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 380 to 410 | |
| 150 to 210 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 610 to 620 | |
| 220 to 420 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 270 to 420 | |
| 75 to 380 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 210 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1100 | |
| 200 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1080 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1360 | |
| 1030 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 12 | |
| 380 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 15 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.6 | |
| 98 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 1.8 | |
| 98 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 38 | |
| 32 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 9.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 6.6 | |
| 2.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 92 | |
| 41 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 220 | |
| 330 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 83 to 170 | |
| 11 to 88 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 180 to 440 | |
| 24 to 640 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 | |
| 6.8 to 13 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 9.1 to 14 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.2 | |
| 110 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 | |
| 7.8 to 15 |
Alloy Composition
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0030 |
| Arsenic (As), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.012 |
| Bismuth (Bi), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0030 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 19 to 21 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 3.0 to 4.0 | |
| 99.88 to 100 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 29.9 to 44 | |
| 0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0040 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.0 to 3.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 32 to 38 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.054 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 |
| Tellurium (Te), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |