C17300 Copper vs. C55282 Copper
Both C17300 copper and C55282 copper are copper alloys. They have 88% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 18 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C17300 copper and the bottom bar is C55282 copper.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 110 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 45 | |
| 39 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 500 to 1380 | |
| 180 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 230 | |
| 190 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 270 | |
| 200 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 980 | |
| 770 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 870 | |
| 640 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 380 | |
| 400 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 16 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.8 | |
| 8.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 9.4 | |
| 7.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
| 110 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.6 | |
| 6.8 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 16 to 44 | |
| 5.8 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 16 to 31 | |
| 8.2 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 to 48 | |
| 7.4 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Beryllium (Be), % | 1.8 to 2.0 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 95.5 to 97.8 | |
| 87.7 to 88.7 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0.2 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0.2 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 6.5 to 7.0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 0 | |
| 4.8 to 5.2 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |