S17400 Stainless Steel vs. C82400 Copper
S17400 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C82400 copper belongs to the copper alloys. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S17400 stainless steel and the bottom bar is C82400 copper.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 21 | |
| 1.0 to 20 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 45 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 910 to 1390 | |
| 500 to 1030 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 580 to 1250 | |
| 260 to 970 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 230 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 850 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1000 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 900 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 380 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 17 | |
| 130 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.3 | |
| 25 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.6 | |
| 26 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 8.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 39 | |
| 140 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 160 | |
| 10 to 83 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 880 to 4060 | |
| 270 to 3870 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 7.6 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 32 to 49 | |
| 16 to 33 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 27 to 35 | |
| 16 to 26 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.5 | |
| 39 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 30 to 46 | |
| 17 to 36 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Beryllium (Be), % | 0 | |
| 1.6 to 1.9 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 15 to 17 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.65 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 3.0 to 5.0 | |
| 96 to 98.2 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 70.4 to 78.9 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 3.0 to 5.0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.15 to 0.45 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.12 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |