C10800 Copper vs. AISI 347LN Stainless Steel
C10800 copper belongs to the copper alloys classification, while AISI 347LN stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C10800 copper and the bottom bar is AISI 347LN stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 4.0 to 50 | |
| 40 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.28 |
| Rockwell B Hardness | 10 to 60 | |
| 79 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 43 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 150 to 200 | |
| 400 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 220 to 380 | |
| 590 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 75 to 370 | |
| 230 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 210 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 200 | |
| 940 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1080 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1080 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 350 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 16 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 92 | |
| 2.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 92 | |
| 2.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 31 | |
| 18 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 9.0 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 3.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 41 | |
| 49 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 15 to 88 | |
| 190 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 24 to 600 | |
| 130 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 6.8 to 12 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 9.1 to 13 | |
| 20 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 100 | |
| 4.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 7.8 to 13 | |
| 13 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0.0050 to 0.020 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 17 to 19 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 99.95 to 99.995 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
| 64.3 to 73.7 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 9.0 to 13 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.060 to 0.1 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0.0050 to 0.012 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |