EN 1.4982 Stainless Steel vs. C55181 Copper
EN 1.4982 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C55181 copper belongs to the copper alloys. There are 20 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (15, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4982 stainless steel and the bottom bar is C55181 copper.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 110 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 40 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 750 | |
| 200 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 190 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 860 | |
| 200 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 790 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 710 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 410 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 16 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 22 | |
| 28 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.9 | |
| 2.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 71 | |
| 38 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 290 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 7.0 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 27 | |
| 6.5 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 8.9 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 | |
| 8.2 |
Alloy Composition
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| Boron (B), % | 0.0030 to 0.0090 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.070 to 0.13 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 14 to 16 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 92.4 to 93 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 61.8 to 69.7 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 5.5 to 7.0 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.8 to 1.2 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 9.0 to 11 | |
| 0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.75 to 1.3 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 7.0 to 7.5 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.15 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |