C10500 Copper vs. AWS BVAg-6b
C10500 copper belongs to the copper alloys classification, while AWS BVAg-6b belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals. They have 50% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 17 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (16, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C10500 copper and the bottom bar is AWS BVAg-6b.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 93 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.35 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 43 | |
| 35 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 220 to 400 | |
| 180 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 210 | |
| 160 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1080 | |
| 870 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1080 | |
| 780 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 310 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 19 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 9.0 | |
| 9.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 49 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 42 | |
| 770 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 | |
| 5.3 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 16 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 6.8 to 12 | |
| 5.1 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 9.1 to 14 | |
| 7.3 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 7.8 to 14 | |
| 7.4 |
Alloy Composition
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0010 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 99.89 to 99.966 | |
| 49 to 51 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0020 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.0010 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0020 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 0.034 to 0.060 | |
| 49 to 51 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0010 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |