EN 1.4749 Stainless Steel vs. C82000 Copper
EN 1.4749 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C82000 copper belongs to the copper alloys. There are 28 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 EN 1.4749 stainless steel and the bottom bar is C82000 copper.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 16 | |
| 8.0 to 20 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.27 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 80 | |
| 45 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 600 | |
| 350 to 690 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 320 | |
| 140 to 520 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 220 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1100 | |
| 220 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1090 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 970 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 490 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 17 | |
| 260 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 9.6 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.5 | |
| 45 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 46 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 13 | |
| 60 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.6 | |
| 8.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.5 | |
| 5.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 36 | |
| 77 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 160 | |
| 320 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 80 | |
| 51 to 55 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 250 | |
| 80 to 1120 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 15 | |
| 7.5 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 26 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 | |
| 11 to 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
| 12 to 20 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.6 | |
| 76 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 22 | |
| 12 to 24 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Beryllium (Be), % | 0 | |
| 0.45 to 0.8 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.15 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 26 to 29 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 2.2 to 2.7 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 95.2 to 97.4 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 68.5 to 73.7 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.15 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |