C12500 Copper vs. C19100 Copper
Both C12500 copper and C19100 copper are copper alloys. They have a very high 98% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C12500 copper and the bottom bar is C19100 copper.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.5 to 50 | |
| 17 to 37 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.34 |
| Rockwell F Hardness | 40 to 95 | |
| 35 to 97 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 43 | |
| 43 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 150 to 220 | |
| 170 to 330 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 220 to 420 | |
| 250 to 630 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 75 to 390 | |
| 75 to 550 |
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 | 1070 | |
| 1040 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 350 | |
| 250 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 92 | |
| 55 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 93 | |
| 56 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 31 | |
| 33 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.9 | |
| 8.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 41 | |
| 43 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 5.6 to 88 | |
| 60 to 99 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 24 to 660 | |
| 24 to 1310 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 6.9 to 13 | |
| 7.7 to 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 9.1 to 14 | |
| 9.9 to 18 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 100 | |
| 73 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 7.8 to 15 | |
| 8.9 to 22 |
Alloy Composition
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 to 0.0030 | |
| 0 |
| Arsenic (As), % | 0 to 0.012 | |
| 0 |
| Bismuth (Bi), % | 0 to 0.0030 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 99.88 to 100 | |
| 96.5 to 98.6 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.0040 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0.9 to 1.3 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |
| Tellurium (Te), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0.35 to 0.6 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |