S45500 Stainless Steel vs. C72200 Copper-nickel
S45500 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C72200 copper-nickel belongs to the copper alloys. There are 20 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (16, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S45500 stainless steel and the bottom bar is C72200 copper-nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 130 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 48 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1370 to 1850 | |
| 350 to 580 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 220 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 760 | |
| 230 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1180 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1120 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 400 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 16 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 17 | |
| 36 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 8.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.8 | |
| 3.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 57 | |
| 59 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 120 | |
| 300 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 8.0 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 48 to 65 | |
| 11 to 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 35 to 42 | |
| 12 to 17 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 48 to 64 | |
| 12 to 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 12.5 | |
| 0.3 to 0.7 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 1.5 to 2.5 | |
| 78.1 to 84.2 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 71.5 to 79.2 | |
| 0.5 to 1.0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 7.5 to 9.5 | |
| 15 to 18 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.8 to 1.4 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |