C55181 Copper vs. EN 1.4740 Stainless Steel
C55181 copper belongs to the copper alloys classification, while EN 1.4740 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 16 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (13, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C55181 copper and the bottom bar is EN 1.4740 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 200 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 40 | |
| 77 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 190 | |
| 300 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 200 | |
| 900 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 790 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 710 | |
| 1370 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 410 | |
| 490 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 10 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 28 | |
| 9.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.5 | |
| 7.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.4 | |
| 2.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 38 | |
| 32 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 290 | |
| 120 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.0 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 25 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0.3 to 0.5 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 16 to 19 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 92.4 to 93 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
| 75.4 to 82.7 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 7.0 to 7.5 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 2.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |