SAE-AISI T5 Steel vs. C19100 Copper
SAE-AISI T5 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C19100 copper belongs to the copper alloys. There are 21 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI T5 steel and the bottom bar is C19100 copper.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 210 | |
| 120 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 80 | |
| 43 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 860 to 2140 | |
| 250 to 630 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 210 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1810 | |
| 1080 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1750 | |
| 1040 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 410 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 21 | |
| 250 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 60 | |
| 33 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 9.4 | |
| 8.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 11 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 170 | |
| 43 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 12 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 25 to 63 | |
| 7.7 to 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 to 39 | |
| 9.9 to 18 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 5.5 | |
| 73 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 26 to 66 | |
| 8.9 to 22 |
Alloy Composition
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| Carbon (C), % | 0.75 to 0.85 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 3.8 to 5.0 | |
| 0 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 7.0 to 9.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 96.5 to 98.6 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 60.6 to 68.3 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.2 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.5 to 1.3 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0.9 to 1.3 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.2 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Tellurium (Te), % | 0 | |
| 0.35 to 0.6 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 17.5 to 19 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 1.8 to 2.4 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |