AISI 310S Stainless Steel vs. C19100 Copper
AISI 310S stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C19100 copper belongs to the copper alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 310S 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, % | 34 to 44 | |
| 17 to 37 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.27 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 79 | |
| 43 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 420 to 470 | |
| 170 to 330 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 600 to 710 | |
| 250 to 630 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 270 to 350 | |
| 75 to 550 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 310 | |
| 210 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1100 | |
| 200 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1080 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1040 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 16 | |
| 250 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.0 | |
| 55 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.3 | |
| 56 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 25 | |
| 33 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 8.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.3 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 61 | |
| 43 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 190 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 200 to 220 | |
| 60 to 99 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 190 to 310 | |
| 24 to 1310 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 25 | |
| 7.7 to 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 22 | |
| 9.9 to 18 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.1 | |
| 73 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 16 | |
| 8.9 to 22 |
Alloy Composition
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| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 24 to 26 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 96.5 to 98.6 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 48.3 to 57 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 19 to 22 | |
| 0.9 to 1.3 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 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 |