S21800 Stainless Steel vs. C19025 Copper
S21800 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C19025 copper belongs to the copper alloys. There are 22 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (13, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S21800 stainless steel and the bottom bar is C19025 copper.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 40 | |
| 8.0 to 17 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 43 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 510 | |
| 300 to 360 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 740 | |
| 480 to 620 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 340 | |
| 210 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 900 | |
| 200 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1360 | |
| 1080 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1310 | |
| 1020 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 500 | |
| 380 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
| 31 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.5 | |
| 8.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.1 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 45 | |
| 44 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 320 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 26 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 27 | |
| 15 to 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 15 to 18 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 | |
| 17 to 22 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16 to 18 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 97.1 to 98.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 59.1 to 65.4 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 7.0 to 9.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 8.0 to 9.0 | |
| 0.8 to 1.2 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.080 to 0.18 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0.030 to 0.070 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 3.5 to 4.5 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0.7 to 1.1 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |