AISI 422 Stainless Steel vs. C96300 Copper-nickel
AISI 422 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C96300 copper-nickel belongs to the copper alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 422 stainless steel and the bottom bar is C96300 copper-nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 260 to 330 | |
| 150 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 130 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 15 to 17 | |
| 11 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 49 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 910 to 1080 | |
| 580 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 670 to 870 | |
| 430 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 230 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 650 | |
| 240 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1480 | |
| 1200 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1470 | |
| 1150 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 400 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 24 | |
| 37 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 10 | |
| 16 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 4.7 | |
| 6.0 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 5.3 | |
| 6.1 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 11 | |
| 42 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 8.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.1 | |
| 5.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 44 | |
| 76 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 100 | |
| 290 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 150 | |
| 59 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1140 to 1910 | |
| 720 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 8.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 32 to 38 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 26 to 30 | |
| 17 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 6.4 | |
| 10 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 33 to 39 | |
| 20 |
Alloy Composition
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| Carbon (C), % | 0.2 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 12.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 72.3 to 80.8 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 81.9 to 85.8 | |
| 0.5 to 1.5 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.5 to 1.0 | |
| 0.25 to 1.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.9 to 1.3 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0.5 to 1.0 | |
| 18 to 22 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 1.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0.9 to 1.3 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.2 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |