S28200 Stainless Steel vs. C71520 Copper-nickel
S28200 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C71520 copper-nickel belongs to the copper alloys. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S28200 stainless steel and the bottom bar is C71520 copper-nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 140 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 45 | |
| 10 to 45 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 51 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 610 | |
| 250 to 340 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 870 | |
| 370 to 570 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 460 | |
| 140 to 430 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 230 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 900 | |
| 260 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1170 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1330 | |
| 1120 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 400 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 15 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 12 | |
| 40 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.6 | |
| 8.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.8 | |
| 5.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 41 | |
| 73 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 160 | |
| 280 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 330 | |
| 54 to 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 540 | |
| 67 to 680 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 15 | |
| 8.6 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 26 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 32 | |
| 12 to 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 27 | |
| 13 to 17 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 | |
| 12 to 19 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 17 to 19 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0.75 to 1.3 | |
| 65 to 71.6 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 57.7 to 64.1 | |
| 0.4 to 1.0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 17 to 19 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.75 to 1.3 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 28 to 33 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.4 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |