EN 1.4640 Stainless Steel vs. C15500 Copper
EN 1.4640 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C15500 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 EN 1.4640 stainless steel and the bottom bar is C15500 copper.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 51 | |
| 3.0 to 37 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 43 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 440 to 460 | |
| 190 to 320 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 620 to 650 | |
| 280 to 550 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 240 to 260 | |
| 130 to 530 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 210 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 930 | |
| 200 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1080 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1080 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 350 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 90 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.7 | |
| 91 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 14 | |
| 33 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.8 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 40 | |
| 42 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 360 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 250 to 260 | |
| 15 to 84 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 150 to 170 | |
| 72 to 1210 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 23 | |
| 8.6 to 17 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
| 11 to 17 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.0 | |
| 100 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 15 | |
| 9.8 to 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.030 to 0.080 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 18 to 19 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 1.3 to 2.0 | |
| 99.75 to 99.853 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 67.4 to 73.6 | |
| 0 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 | |
| 0.080 to 0.13 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 1.5 to 4.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 5.5 to 6.9 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.030 to 0.11 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0.040 to 0.080 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 0 | |
| 0.027 to 0.1 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |