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C12900 Copper vs. Sintered 6061 Aluminum

C12900 copper belongs to the copper alloys classification, while sintered 6061 aluminum belongs to the aluminum 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 C12900 copper and the bottom bar is sintered 6061 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 120
68
Elongation at Break, % 2.8 to 50
0.5 to 6.0
Poisson's Ratio 0.34
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 43
25
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 220 to 420
83 to 210
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 75 to 380
62 to 190

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 210
400
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 200
170
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1080
640
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1030
610
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 390
900
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 380
200
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
23

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 98
52
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 98
170

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 32
9.5
Density, g/cm3 9.0
2.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.6
8.3
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 41
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 330
1180

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 11 to 88
0.68 to 7.0
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 24 to 640
28 to 280
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 7.2
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 18
51
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 6.8 to 13
8.6 to 21
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 9.1 to 14
16 to 29
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 110
81
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 7.8 to 15
3.8 to 9.4

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
96 to 99.4
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
0 to 0.5
Lead (Pb), % 0 to 0.0040
0
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
0.4 to 1.2
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.050
0
Silicon (Si), % 0
0.2 to 0.8
Silver (Ag), % 0 to 0.054
0
Tellurium (Te), % 0 to 0.025
0
Residuals, % 0
0 to 1.5

Comparable Variants