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S20910 Stainless Steel vs. C96300 Copper-nickel

S20910 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C96300 copper-nickel belongs to the copper alloys. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S20910 stainless steel and the bottom bar is C96300 copper-nickel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 230 to 290
150
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
130
Elongation at Break, % 14 to 39
11
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
49
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 780 to 940
580
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 430 to 810
430

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
230
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1080
240
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1200
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1150
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
400
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 13
37
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
16

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 22
42
Density, g/cm3 7.8
8.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.8
5.1
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 68
76
Embodied Water, L/kg 180
290

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 120 to 260
59
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 460 to 1640
720
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
8.2
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
19
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 28 to 33
18
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 24 to 27
17
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.6
10
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 17 to 21
20

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.060
0 to 0.15
Chromium (Cr), % 20.5 to 23.5
0
Copper (Cu), % 0
72.3 to 80.8
Iron (Fe), % 52.1 to 62.1
0.5 to 1.5
Lead (Pb), % 0
0 to 0.010
Manganese (Mn), % 4.0 to 6.0
0.25 to 1.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 1.5 to 3.0
0
Nickel (Ni), % 11.5 to 13.5
18 to 22
Niobium (Nb), % 0.1 to 0.3
0.5 to 1.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0.2 to 0.4
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.020
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.75
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.020
Vanadium (V), % 0.1 to 0.3
0
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.5