MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

358.0 Aluminum vs. C12900 Copper

358.0 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while C12900 copper belongs to the copper alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, 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 358.0 aluminum and the bottom bar is C12900 copper.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 71
120
Elongation at Break, % 3.5 to 6.0
2.8 to 50
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.34
Shear Modulus, GPa 27
43
Shear Strength, MPa 300 to 320
150 to 210
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 350 to 370
220 to 420
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 290 to 320
75 to 380

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 520
210
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 170
200
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 600
1080
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 560
1030
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 900
390
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 150
380
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 21
17

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 36
98
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 130
98

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 19
32
Density, g/cm3 2.6
9.0
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.7
2.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 160
41
Embodied Water, L/kg 1090
330

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 12 to 20
11 to 88
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 590 to 710
24 to 640
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
7.2
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 53
18
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 37 to 39
6.8 to 13
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 42 to 44
9.1 to 14
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 63
110
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16 to 17
7.8 to 15

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 89.1 to 91.8
0
Antimony (Sb), % 0
0 to 0.0030
Arsenic (As), % 0
0 to 0.012
Beryllium (Be), % 0.1 to 0.3
0
Bismuth (Bi), % 0
0 to 0.0030
Chromium (Cr), % 0 to 0.2
0
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.2
99.88 to 100
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.3
0
Lead (Pb), % 0
0 to 0.0040
Magnesium (Mg), % 0.4 to 0.6
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.2
0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
0 to 0.050
Silicon (Si), % 7.6 to 8.6
0
Silver (Ag), % 0
0 to 0.054
Tellurium (Te), % 0
0 to 0.025
Titanium (Ti), % 0.1 to 0.2
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.2
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.15
0