S35000 Stainless Steel vs. C17465 Copper
S35000 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C17465 copper belongs to the copper alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S35000 stainless steel and the bottom bar is C17465 copper.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.3 to 14 | |
| 5.3 to 36 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 44 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 740 to 950 | |
| 210 to 540 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1300 to 1570 | |
| 310 to 930 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 660 to 1160 | |
| 120 to 830 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 210 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 900 | |
| 210 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1080 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1030 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 16 | |
| 220 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.3 | |
| 22 to 51 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.6 | |
| 23 to 52 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 14 | |
| 45 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.2 | |
| 4.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 44 | |
| 64 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 28 to 170 | |
| 47 to 90 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1070 to 3360 | |
| 64 to 2920 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 7.3 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 46 to 56 | |
| 9.7 to 29 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 34 to 38 | |
| 11 to 24 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.4 | |
| 64 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 42 to 51 | |
| 11 to 33 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Beryllium (Be), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.5 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.070 to 0.11 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16 to 17 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 95.7 to 98.7 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 72.7 to 76.9 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.6 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.5 to 1.3 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.5 to 3.2 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 4.0 to 5.0 | |
| 1.0 to 1.4 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.070 to 0.13 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |