C17000 Copper vs. C14510 Copper
Both C17000 copper and C14510 copper are copper alloys. They have a very high 97% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C17000 copper and the bottom bar is C14510 copper.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.1 to 31 | |
| 9.1 to 9.6 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 45 | |
| 43 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 320 to 750 | |
| 180 to 190 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 490 to 1310 | |
| 300 to 320 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 160 to 1140 | |
| 230 to 250 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 230 | |
| 210 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 270 | |
| 200 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 980 | |
| 1080 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 870 | |
| 1050 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 110 | |
| 360 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.8 | |
| 8.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.7 | |
| 2.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 140 | |
| 42 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 4.2 to 390 | |
| 25 to 29 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 110 to 5420 | |
| 230 to 280 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.6 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 15 to 41 | |
| 9.2 to 10 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 16 to 30 | |
| 11 to 12 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 32 | |
| 100 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 to 45 | |
| 11 to 12 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Beryllium (Be), % | 1.6 to 1.8 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 96.3 to 98.2 | |
| 99.15 to 99.69 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0.2 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0.010 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Tellurium (Te), % | 0 | |
| 0.3 to 0.7 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |