C15500 Copper vs. AWS ERTi-1
C15500 copper belongs to the copper alloys classification, while AWS ERTi-1 belongs to the titanium 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.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C15500 copper and the bottom bar is AWS ERTi-1.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 3.0 to 37 | |
| 24 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 43 | |
| 41 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 280 to 550 | |
| 240 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 130 to 530 | |
| 170 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 210 | |
| 420 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 200 | |
| 320 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1080 | |
| 1670 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1080 | |
| 1620 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 540 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 350 | |
| 21 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 8.7 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 90 | |
| 3.6 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 91 | |
| 7.1 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 33 | |
| 37 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.9 | |
| 4.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 31 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 42 | |
| 510 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 360 | |
| 110 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 15 to 84 | |
| 52 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 72 to 1210 | |
| 140 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 8.6 to 17 | |
| 15 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 11 to 17 | |
| 19 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 100 | |
| 8.7 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 9.8 to 20 | |
| 19 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 99.75 to 99.853 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0.080 to 0.13 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.012 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0.030 to 0.1 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0.040 to 0.080 | |
| 0 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 0.027 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 99.773 to 99.97 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |