TF00 C15000 Copper vs. TF00 C18200 Copper
Both TF00 C15000 copper and TF00 C18200 copper are copper alloys. Both are furnished in the TF00 (precipitation hardened) temper. Their average alloy composition is basically identical.
For each property being compared, the top bar is TF00 C15000 copper and the bottom bar is TF00 C18200 copper.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 50 | |
| 21 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.34 |
| Rockwell B Hardness | 6.0 | |
| 70 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 43 | |
| 44 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 150 | |
| 300 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 210 | |
| 490 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 97 | |
| 380 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 210 | |
| 210 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1080 | |
| 1080 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 980 | |
| 1070 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 370 | |
| 320 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 18 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 93 | |
| 80 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 93 | |
| 81 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 31 | |
| 31 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 9.0 | |
| 8.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 2.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 43 | |
| 41 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 85 | |
| 95 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 41 | |
| 620 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 | |
| 7.3 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 6.4 | |
| 15 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 8.7 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 110 | |
| 93 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 7.5 | |
| 17 |
Alloy Composition
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0.6 to 1.2 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 99.8 to 99.9 | |
| 98.6 to 99.4 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0.1 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |