N08801 Stainless Steel vs. C96900 Copper-nickel
N08801 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C96900 copper-nickel belongs to the copper alloys. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is N08801 stainless steel and the bottom bar is C96900 copper-nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 34 | |
| 4.5 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 45 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 860 | |
| 850 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 190 | |
| 830 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 210 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1090 | |
| 210 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1060 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1360 | |
| 960 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 380 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.7 | |
| 9.0 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 1.9 | |
| 9.2 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 30 | |
| 39 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.0 | |
| 8.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 5.5 | |
| 4.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 79 | |
| 72 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 200 | |
| 360 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 220 | |
| 38 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 92 | |
| 2820 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 7.7 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 30 | |
| 27 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 23 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 20 | |
| 30 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 19 to 22 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 73.6 to 78 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 39.5 to 50.3 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0.050 to 0.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 30 to 34 | |
| 14.5 to 15.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 7.5 to 8.5 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.75 to 1.5 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |