TH04 C17500 Copper vs. TH04 C17200 Copper
Both TH04 C17500 copper and TH04 C17200 copper are copper alloys. Both are furnished in the TH04 (full-hard and precipitation heat treated) temper. They have a very high 97% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is TH04 C17500 copper and the bottom bar is TH04 C17200 copper.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 13 | |
| 2.3 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 310 | |
| 330 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 45 | |
| 45 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 520 | |
| 780 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 860 | |
| 1360 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 760 | |
| 1210 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 220 | |
| 230 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 220 | |
| 280 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1060 | |
| 980 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1020 | |
| 870 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 200 | |
| 110 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 18 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 53 | |
| 22 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 54 | |
| 23 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.9 | |
| 8.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.7 | |
| 9.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 73 | |
| 150 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 320 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 100 | |
| 30 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.5 | |
| 7.6 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 27 | |
| 43 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 31 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 59 | |
| 31 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 29 | |
| 46 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Beryllium (Be), % | 0.4 to 0.7 | |
| 1.8 to 2.0 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 2.4 to 2.7 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 95.6 to 97.2 | |
| 96.1 to 98 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.6 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |