C18700 Copper vs. C19500 Copper
Both C18700 copper and C19500 copper are copper alloys. They have a very high 97% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C18700 copper and the bottom bar is C19500 copper.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 9.0 to 9.6 | |
| 2.3 to 38 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 43 | |
| 44 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 170 to 190 | |
| 260 to 360 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 290 to 330 | |
| 380 to 640 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 230 to 250 | |
| 120 to 600 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 210 | |
| 210 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1080 | |
| 1090 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 950 | |
| 1090 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 380 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 380 | |
| 200 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 98 | |
| 50 to 56 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 99 | |
| 50 to 57 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 30 | |
| 31 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 9.0 | |
| 8.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 41 | |
| 42 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 24 to 29 | |
| 14 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 240 to 280 | |
| 59 to 1530 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.1 | |
| 7.3 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 9.0 to 10 | |
| 12 to 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 11 to 12 | |
| 13 to 18 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 110 | |
| 58 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 10 to 12 | |
| 13 to 23 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 0.3 to 1.3 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 98 to 99.2 | |
| 94.9 to 98.6 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 2.0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0.8 to 1.5 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0.010 to 0.35 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 1.0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |