S46500 Stainless Steel vs. C82600 Copper
S46500 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C82600 copper belongs to the copper alloys. There are 22 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S46500 stainless steel and the bottom bar is C82600 copper.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.3 to 14 | |
| 1.0 to 20 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 46 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1260 to 1930 | |
| 570 to 1140 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 1120 to 1810 | |
| 320 to 1070 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 240 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 780 | |
| 300 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 950 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 860 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 8.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.6 | |
| 11 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 51 | |
| 180 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 120 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 43 to 210 | |
| 11 to 97 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 7.8 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 44 to 68 | |
| 18 to 36 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 33 to 44 | |
| 17 to 28 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 44 to 67 | |
| 19 to 39 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Beryllium (Be), % | 0 | |
| 2.3 to 2.6 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 12.5 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 0.35 to 0.65 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 94.9 to 97.2 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 72.6 to 76.1 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.75 to 1.3 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 10.7 to 11.3 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0.2 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 1.5 to 1.8 | |
| 0 to 0.12 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |