S45503 Stainless Steel vs. C16500 Copper
S45503 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C16500 copper belongs to the copper 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 S45503 stainless steel and the bottom bar is C16500 copper.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 4.6 to 6.8 | |
| 1.5 to 53 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 43 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 940 to 1070 | |
| 200 to 310 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1610 to 1850 | |
| 280 to 530 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 1430 to 1700 | |
| 97 to 520 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 210 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 760 | |
| 340 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1070 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1010 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 380 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
| 31 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 8.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.4 | |
| 2.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 48 | |
| 42 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 120 | |
| 320 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 82 to 110 | |
| 7.8 to 110 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 7.1 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 57 to 65 | |
| 8.6 to 17 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 39 to 43 | |
| 11 to 16 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 56 to 64 | |
| 9.8 to 19 |
Alloy Composition
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 | |
| 0.6 to 1.0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 12.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 1.5 to 2.5 | |
| 97.8 to 98.9 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 72.4 to 78.9 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 7.5 to 9.5 | |
| 0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.1 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 0.7 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 1.0 to 1.4 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |