C17500 Copper vs. K93050 Alloy
C17500 copper belongs to the copper alloys classification, while K93050 alloy belongs to the iron alloys. There are 19 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (12, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C17500 copper and the bottom bar is K93050 alloy.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.3 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 45 | |
| 72 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 310 to 860 | |
| 500 to 680 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 220 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1060 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1020 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 60 | |
| 26 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.9 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.7 | |
| 4.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 73 | |
| 65 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 320 | |
| 120 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.5 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 9.7 to 27 | |
| 17 to 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 11 to 23 | |
| 17 to 21 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 11 to 29 | |
| 16 to 21 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Beryllium (Be), % | 0.4 to 0.7 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 2.4 to 2.7 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 95.6 to 97.2 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 61.4 to 63.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 36 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Selenium (Se), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.3 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |