C17500 Copper vs. EN 1.4419 Stainless Steel
C17500 copper belongs to the copper alloys classification, while EN 1.4419 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C17500 copper and the bottom bar is EN 1.4419 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 6.0 to 30 | |
| 11 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 170 to 310 | |
| 230 to 680 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 45 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 200 to 520 | |
| 410 to 950 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 310 to 860 | |
| 660 to 1590 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 170 to 760 | |
| 370 to 1240 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 220 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 220 | |
| 790 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1060 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1020 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 200 | |
| 30 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 24 to 53 | |
| 2.8 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 24 to 54 | |
| 3.2 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 60 | |
| 8.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.9 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.7 | |
| 2.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 73 | |
| 30 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 320 | |
| 110 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 30 to 120 | |
| 95 to 170 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 120 to 2390 | |
| 350 to 3920 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.5 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 9.7 to 27 | |
| 24 to 57 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 11 to 23 | |
| 22 to 39 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 59 | |
| 8.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 11 to 29 | |
| 23 to 55 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Beryllium (Be), % | 0.4 to 0.7 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0.36 to 0.42 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 13 to 14.5 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 2.4 to 2.7 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 95.6 to 97.2 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 82 to 86 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.6 to 1.0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |