MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

8090 Aluminum vs. C17200 Copper

8090 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while C17200 copper belongs to the copper alloys. There are 27 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 8090 aluminum and the bottom bar is C17200 copper.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 67
120
Elongation at Break, % 3.5 to 13
1.1 to 37
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 25
45
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 340 to 490
480 to 1380
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 210 to 420
160 to 1250

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 400
230
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 190
280
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 660
980
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 600
870
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 960
390
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 95 to 160
110
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 24
18

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 20
22
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 66
23

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Density, g/cm3 2.7
8.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.6
9.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 170
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 1160
310

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 16 to 41
4.2 to 500
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 340 to 1330
110 to 5720
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
7.6
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 50
19
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 34 to 49
15 to 44
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 39 to 50
16 to 31
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 36 to 60
31
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 15 to 22
16 to 46

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 93 to 98.4
0 to 0.2
Beryllium (Be), % 0
1.8 to 2.0
Chromium (Cr), % 0 to 0.1
0
Copper (Cu), % 1.0 to 1.6
96.1 to 98
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.3
0 to 0.4
Lithium (Li), % 2.2 to 2.7
0
Magnesium (Mg), % 0.6 to 1.3
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.1
0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
0.2 to 0.6
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.2
0 to 0.2
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.1
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.25
0
Zirconium (Zr), % 0.040 to 0.16
0
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.5