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EN AC-43500 Aluminum vs. C82000 Copper

EN AC-43500 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while C82000 copper belongs to the copper alloys. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, 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 EN AC-43500 aluminum and the bottom bar is C82000 copper.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 72
120
Elongation at Break, % 4.5 to 13
8.0 to 20
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.34
Shear Modulus, GPa 27
45
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 220 to 300
350 to 690
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 140 to 170
140 to 520

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 550
220
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 170
220
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 600
1090
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 590
970
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 900
390
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 140
260
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 22
17

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 38
45
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 130
46

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
60
Density, g/cm3 2.6
8.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 7.8
5.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
77
Embodied Water, L/kg 1070
320

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 12 to 26
51 to 55
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 130 to 200
80 to 1120
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 16
7.5
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 54
18
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 24 to 33
11 to 22
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 32 to 39
12 to 20
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 60
76
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 10 to 14
12 to 24

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 86.4 to 90.5
0 to 0.1
Beryllium (Be), % 0
0.45 to 0.8
Chromium (Cr), % 0
0 to 0.1
Cobalt (Co), % 0
2.2 to 2.7
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.050
95.2 to 97.4
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.25
0 to 0.1
Lead (Pb), % 0
0 to 0.020
Magnesium (Mg), % 0.1 to 0.6
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0.4 to 0.8
0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
0 to 0.2
Silicon (Si), % 9.0 to 11.5
0 to 0.15
Tin (Sn), % 0
0 to 0.1
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.2
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.070
0 to 0.1
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.5

Comparable Variants