C17500 Copper vs. C82500 Copper
Both C17500 copper and C82500 copper are copper alloys. They have a very high 98% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 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 C17500 copper and the bottom bar is C82500 copper.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 6.0 to 30 | |
| 1.0 to 20 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 45 | |
| 45 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 310 to 860 | |
| 550 to 1100 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 170 to 760 | |
| 310 to 980 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 220 | |
| 240 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 220 | |
| 280 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1060 | |
| 980 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1020 | |
| 860 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 200 | |
| 130 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 24 to 53 | |
| 20 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 24 to 54 | |
| 21 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.9 | |
| 8.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.7 | |
| 10 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 73 | |
| 160 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 320 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 30 to 120 | |
| 11 to 94 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 120 to 2390 | |
| 400 to 4000 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.5 | |
| 7.7 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 9.7 to 27 | |
| 18 to 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 11 to 23 | |
| 17 to 27 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 59 | |
| 38 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 11 to 29 | |
| 19 to 38 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Beryllium (Be), % | 0.4 to 0.7 | |
| 1.9 to 2.3 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 2.4 to 2.7 | |
| 0.15 to 0.7 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 95.6 to 97.2 | |
| 95.3 to 97.8 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0.2 to 0.35 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.12 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |