356.0 Aluminum vs. C17300 Copper
356.0 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while C17300 copper belongs to the copper alloys. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown. Please note that the two materials have significantly dissimilar densities. This means that additional care is required when interpreting the data, because some material properties are based on units of mass, while others are based on units of area or volume.
For each property being compared, the top bar is 356.0 aluminum and the bottom bar is C17300 copper.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 70 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.0 to 3.8 | |
| 3.0 to 23 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 27 | |
| 45 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 140 to 190 | |
| 320 to 790 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 160 to 240 | |
| 500 to 1380 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 100 to 190 | |
| 160 to 1200 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 500 | |
| 230 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 170 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 620 | |
| 980 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 570 | |
| 870 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 900 | |
| 380 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 150 to 170 | |
| 110 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 21 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 40 to 43 | |
| 22 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 140 to 150 | |
| 23 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.6 | |
| 8.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.0 | |
| 9.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
| 150 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1110 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 3.2 to 8.2 | |
| 40 to 88 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 70 to 250 | |
| 110 to 5410 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 15 | |
| 7.6 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 53 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 17 to 26 | |
| 16 to 44 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 to 33 | |
| 16 to 31 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 64 to 71 | |
| 32 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 7.6 to 11 | |
| 17 to 48 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 90.1 to 93.3 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Beryllium (Be), % | 0 | |
| 1.8 to 2.0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 95.5 to 97.8 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.6 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0.2 to 0.45 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.6 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 6.5 to 7.5 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |