EN 1.3975 Stainless Steel vs. C10400 Copper
EN 1.3975 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C10400 copper belongs to the copper alloys. There are 24 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 EN 1.3975 stainless steel and the bottom bar is C10400 copper.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 27 | |
| 2.3 to 50 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 43 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 660 | |
| 230 to 410 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 320 | |
| 77 to 400 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 340 | |
| 210 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 910 | |
| 200 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1360 | |
| 1080 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1320 | |
| 1080 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 500 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
| 32 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.5 | |
| 9.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.3 | |
| 2.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 47 | |
| 42 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 340 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 150 | |
| 8.5 to 91 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 270 | |
| 25 to 690 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 26 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 | |
| 7.2 to 13 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 9.4 to 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 | |
| 8.2 to 15 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16 to 18 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 99.9 to 99.973 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 58.2 to 65.4 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 7.0 to 9.0 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 8.0 to 9.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.080 to 0.18 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0010 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 3.5 to 4.5 | |
| 0 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 0 | |
| 0.027 to 0.050 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |