C18400 Copper vs. EN 1.5511 Steel
C18400 copper belongs to the copper alloys classification, while EN 1.5511 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C18400 copper and the bottom bar is EN 1.5511 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 44 | |
| 72 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 270 to 490 | |
| 490 to 580 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 210 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 200 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1080 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1070 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 320 | |
| 51 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 80 | |
| 7.1 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 81 | |
| 8.1 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 31 | |
| 1.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 41 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 46 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.3 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 8.5 to 15 | |
| 17 to 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 10 to 16 | |
| 18 to 20 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 94 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 9.6 to 17 | |
| 15 to 17 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0.020 to 0.060 |
| Arsenic (As), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0.00080 to 0.0050 |
| Calcium (Ca), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0.32 to 0.39 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.4 to 1.2 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 97.2 to 99.6 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 98.3 to 99.159 |
| Lithium (Li), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 0.8 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.7 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |