7005 Aluminum vs. C17500 Copper
7005 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while C17500 copper belongs to the copper alloys. There are 30 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 7005 aluminum and the bottom bar is C17500 copper.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 70 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 10 to 20 | |
| 6.0 to 30 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 100 to 190 | |
| 170 to 310 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 26 | |
| 45 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 120 to 230 | |
| 200 to 520 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 200 to 400 | |
| 310 to 860 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 95 to 350 | |
| 170 to 760 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 380 | |
| 220 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 200 | |
| 220 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 640 | |
| 1060 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 610 | |
| 1020 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 880 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 140 to 170 | |
| 200 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 23 | |
| 18 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 35 to 43 | |
| 24 to 53 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 110 to 130 | |
| 24 to 54 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 9.5 | |
| 60 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.9 | |
| 8.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.3 | |
| 4.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
| 73 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1150 | |
| 320 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 32 to 57 | |
| 30 to 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 65 to 850 | |
| 120 to 2390 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 7.5 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 47 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 19 to 38 | |
| 9.7 to 27 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 26 to 41 | |
| 11 to 23 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 54 to 65 | |
| 59 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 8.7 to 18 | |
| 11 to 29 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 91 to 94.7 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Beryllium (Be), % | 0 | |
| 0.4 to 0.7 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.060 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 2.4 to 2.7 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 95.6 to 97.2 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 1.0 to 1.8 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.2 to 0.7 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.010 to 0.060 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 4.0 to 5.0 | |
| 0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0.080 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |