Type 2 Magnetic Alloy vs. C82500 Copper
Type 2 magnetic alloy belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C82500 copper belongs to the copper alloys. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is Type 2 magnetic alloy and the bottom bar is C82500 copper.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.0 to 38 | |
| 1.0 to 20 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 45 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 510 to 910 | |
| 550 to 1100 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 260 to 870 | |
| 310 to 980 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 240 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 980 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1370 | |
| 860 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 3.9 | |
| 20 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 4.2 | |
| 21 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.4 | |
| 8.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 5.9 | |
| 10 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 81 | |
| 160 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 18 to 160 | |
| 11 to 94 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 170 to 2010 | |
| 400 to 4000 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 12 | |
| 7.7 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 17 to 30 | |
| 18 to 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 to 25 | |
| 17 to 27 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 29 | |
| 19 to 38 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Beryllium (Be), % | 0 | |
| 1.9 to 2.3 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0.15 to 0.7 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 95.3 to 97.8 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 48.2 to 53 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.8 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 47 to 49 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0.2 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.12 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |