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C16500 Copper vs. C18900 Copper

Both C16500 copper and C18900 copper are copper alloys. Their average alloy composition is basically identical. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is C16500 copper and the bottom bar is C18900 copper.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 110
120
Elongation at Break, % 1.5 to 53
14 to 48
Poisson's Ratio 0.34
0.34
Shear Modulus, GPa 43
43
Shear Strength, MPa 200 to 310
190 to 300
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 280 to 530
260 to 500
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 97 to 520
67 to 390

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 210
210
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 340
200
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1070
1080
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1010
1020
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 380
390
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 250
130
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
17

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 60
30
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 61
30

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 31
31
Density, g/cm3 8.9
8.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.6
2.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 42
42
Embodied Water, L/kg 320
310

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 7.8 to 110
65 to 95
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 41 to 1160
20 to 660
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 7.1
7.2
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 18
18
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 8.6 to 17
8.2 to 16
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 11 to 16
10 to 16
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 74
38
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 9.8 to 19
9.3 to 18

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0 to 0.010
Cadmium (Cd), % 0.6 to 1.0
0
Copper (Cu), % 97.8 to 98.9
97.7 to 99.15
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.020
0
Lead (Pb), % 0
0 to 0.020
Manganese (Mn), % 0
0.1 to 0.3
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.050
Silicon (Si), % 0
0.15 to 0.4
Tin (Sn), % 0.5 to 0.7
0.6 to 0.9
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.1
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.5

Comparable Variants