C15100 Copper vs. 6182 Aluminum
C15100 copper belongs to the copper alloys classification, while 6182 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 29 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 C15100 copper and the bottom bar is 6182 aluminum.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 70 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.0 to 36 | |
| 6.8 to 13 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 43 | |
| 26 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 170 to 270 | |
| 140 to 190 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 260 to 470 | |
| 230 to 320 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 69 to 460 | |
| 130 to 270 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 210 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1100 | |
| 640 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1030 | |
| 600 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 900 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 360 | |
| 160 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 23 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 95 | |
| 40 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 95 | |
| 130 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 31 | |
| 9.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 9.0 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 8.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 43 | |
| 150 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 1170 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 9.3 to 71 | |
| 21 to 26 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 21 to 890 | |
| 110 to 520 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 50 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 8.1 to 15 | |
| 23 to 32 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 10 to 15 | |
| 30 to 38 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 100 | |
| 65 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 9.3 to 17 | |
| 10 to 14 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 95 to 97.9 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 99.8 to 99.95 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 | |
| 0.7 to 1.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 1.0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0.9 to 1.3 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0.050 to 0.15 | |
| 0.050 to 0.2 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |