AISI 205 Stainless Steel vs. C19100 Copper
AISI 205 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C19100 copper belongs to the copper alloys. There are 25 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 AISI 205 stainless steel and the bottom bar is C19100 copper.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 51 | |
| 17 to 37 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 43 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 560 to 850 | |
| 170 to 330 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 800 to 1430 | |
| 250 to 630 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 450 to 1100 | |
| 75 to 550 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 210 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 880 | |
| 200 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1080 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1340 | |
| 1040 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 11 | |
| 33 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.6 | |
| 8.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 37 | |
| 43 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 150 to 430 | |
| 60 to 99 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 510 to 3060 | |
| 24 to 1310 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 26 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 29 to 52 | |
| 7.7 to 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 to 37 | |
| 9.9 to 18 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 29 | |
| 8.9 to 22 |
Alloy Composition
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| Carbon (C), % | 0.12 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16.5 to 18.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 96.5 to 98.6 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 62.6 to 68.1 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 14 to 15.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.0 to 1.7 | |
| 0.9 to 1.3 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.32 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Tellurium (Te), % | 0 | |
| 0.35 to 0.6 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |