C17500 Copper vs. R05240 Alloy
C17500 copper belongs to the copper alloys classification, while R05240 alloy belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals. There are 18 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (13, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C17500 copper and the bottom bar is R05240 alloy.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 150 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 6.0 to 30 | |
| 25 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.36 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 45 | |
| 57 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 310 to 860 | |
| 270 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 170 to 760 | |
| 170 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 220 | |
| 210 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 190 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 6.8 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.9 | |
| 14 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 320 | |
| 460 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 30 to 120 | |
| 59 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 120 to 2390 | |
| 90 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.5 | |
| 6.3 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 13 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 9.7 to 27 | |
| 5.4 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 11 to 23 | |
| 6.8 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 11 to 29 | |
| 18 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Beryllium (Be), % | 0.4 to 0.7 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 2.4 to 2.7 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 95.6 to 97.2 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0015 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 35 to 42 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 0 | |
| 57.9 to 65 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |