S46500 Stainless Steel vs. C17000 Copper
S46500 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C17000 copper belongs to the copper alloys. There are 24 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 S46500 stainless steel and the bottom bar is C17000 copper.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.3 to 14 | |
| 1.1 to 31 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.33 |
| Rockwell C Hardness | 29 to 54 | |
| 21 to 42 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 45 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 730 to 1120 | |
| 320 to 750 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1260 to 1930 | |
| 490 to 1310 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 1120 to 1810 | |
| 160 to 1140 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 230 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 780 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 980 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 870 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 8.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.6 | |
| 8.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 51 | |
| 140 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 120 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 43 to 210 | |
| 4.2 to 390 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 7.6 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 44 to 68 | |
| 15 to 41 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 33 to 44 | |
| 16 to 30 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 44 to 67 | |
| 17 to 45 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Beryllium (Be), % | 0 | |
| 1.6 to 1.8 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 12.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 96.3 to 98.2 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 72.6 to 76.1 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.75 to 1.3 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 10.7 to 11.3 | |
| 0.2 to 0.6 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 1.5 to 1.8 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |