C16200 Copper vs. EN 1.4606 Stainless Steel
C16200 copper belongs to the copper alloys classification, while EN 1.4606 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C16200 copper and the bottom bar is EN 1.4606 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.0 to 56 | |
| 23 to 39 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 100 to 210 | |
| 240 to 420 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 43 | |
| 75 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 190 to 390 | |
| 410 to 640 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 240 to 550 | |
| 600 to 1020 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 48 to 470 | |
| 280 to 630 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 210 | |
| 300 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 370 | |
| 910 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1080 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1030 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 380 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 360 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 90 | |
| 1.9 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 90 | |
| 2.2 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 30 | |
| 26 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 9.0 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 6.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 41 | |
| 87 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 170 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 10 to 99 | |
| 190 to 200 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 10 to 970 | |
| 200 to 1010 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 7.4 to 17 | |
| 21 to 36 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 9.6 to 17 | |
| 20 to 28 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 100 | |
| 3.7 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 8.7 to 20 | |
| 21 to 35 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0.0010 to 0.010 |
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0.7 to 1.2 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 13 to 16 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 98.6 to 99.3 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 49.2 to 59 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 1.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 24 to 27 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 1.9 to 2.3 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.5 |