C17510 Copper vs. S45500 Stainless Steel
C17510 copper belongs to the copper alloys classification, while S45500 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (12, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C17510 copper and the bottom bar is S45500 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 5.4 to 37 | |
| 3.4 to 11 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 44 | |
| 75 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 210 to 500 | |
| 790 to 1090 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 310 to 860 | |
| 1370 to 1850 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 120 to 750 | |
| 1240 to 1700 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 220 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 220 | |
| 760 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1070 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1030 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 49 | |
| 17 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.9 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.2 | |
| 3.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 65 | |
| 57 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 120 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 39 to 92 | |
| 45 to 190 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.4 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 9.7 to 27 | |
| 48 to 65 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 11 to 23 | |
| 35 to 42 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 11 to 30 | |
| 48 to 64 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Beryllium (Be), % | 0.2 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 11 to 12.5 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 95.9 to 98.4 | |
| 1.5 to 2.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 71.5 to 79.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.4 to 2.2 | |
| 7.5 to 9.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0.8 to 1.4 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |