S13800 Stainless Steel vs. C19400 Copper
S13800 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C19400 copper belongs to the copper alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S13800 stainless steel and the bottom bar is C19400 copper.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 18 | |
| 2.3 to 37 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 44 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 610 to 1030 | |
| 210 to 300 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 980 to 1730 | |
| 310 to 630 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 660 to 1580 | |
| 98 to 520 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 210 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 810 | |
| 200 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1090 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1080 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 16 | |
| 260 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.3 | |
| 58 to 68 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.6 | |
| 58 to 69 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
| 30 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 8.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.4 | |
| 2.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 46 | |
| 40 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 300 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 150 to 190 | |
| 5.5 to 220 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1090 to 5490 | |
| 41 to 1140 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 7.3 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 35 to 61 | |
| 9.7 to 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 28 to 41 | |
| 11 to 18 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.3 | |
| 75 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 33 to 58 | |
| 11 to 22 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.9 to 1.4 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 12.3 to 13.2 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 96.8 to 97.8 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 73.6 to 77.3 | |
| 2.1 to 2.6 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.0 to 3.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 7.5 to 8.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0.015 to 0.15 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.0080 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0.050 to 0.2 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |