SAE-AISI 1095 Steel vs. C70400 Copper-nickel
SAE-AISI 1095 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C70400 copper-nickel belongs to the copper alloys. There are 26 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 SAE-AISI 1095 steel and the bottom bar is C70400 copper-nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 120 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 45 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 680 to 900 | |
| 300 to 310 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 500 to 590 | |
| 95 to 230 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 240 | |
| 210 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 210 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1120 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1060 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 47 | |
| 64 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 9.6 | |
| 14 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 11 | |
| 14 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
| 32 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 3.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 47 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 45 | |
| 300 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 660 to 930 | |
| 38 to 220 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 7.5 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 to 32 | |
| 9.3 to 9.8 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 26 | |
| 11 to 12 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
| 18 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 22 to 29 | |
| 10 to 11 |
Alloy Composition
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| Carbon (C), % | 0.9 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 89.8 to 93.6 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 98.4 to 98.8 | |
| 1.3 to 1.7 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.5 | |
| 0.3 to 0.8 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 4.8 to 6.2 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |