C16500 Copper vs. EN 1.3963 Alloy
C16500 copper belongs to the copper alloys classification, while EN 1.3963 alloy belongs to the iron alloys. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C16500 copper and the bottom bar is EN 1.3963 alloy.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.5 to 53 | |
| 29 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.3 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 43 | |
| 72 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 200 to 310 | |
| 290 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 280 to 530 | |
| 440 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 97 to 520 | |
| 310 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 210 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1070 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1010 | |
| 1390 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 380 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 1.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 31 | |
| 25 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.9 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 4.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 42 | |
| 66 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 320 | |
| 110 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 7.8 to 110 | |
| 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 41 to 1160 | |
| 260 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.1 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 8.6 to 17 | |
| 15 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 11 to 16 | |
| 16 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 9.8 to 19 | |
| 110 |
Alloy Composition
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0.6 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 97.8 to 98.9 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 60.5 to 64.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 35 to 37 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.2 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0.5 to 0.7 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |