C19100 Copper vs. C15500 Copper
Both C19100 copper and C15500 copper are copper alloys. They have a very high 98% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C19100 copper and the bottom bar is C15500 copper.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 17 to 37 | |
| 3.0 to 37 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.34 |
| Rockwell F Hardness | 35 to 97 | |
| 70 to 100 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 43 | |
| 43 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 170 to 330 | |
| 190 to 320 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 250 to 630 | |
| 280 to 550 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 75 to 550 | |
| 130 to 530 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 210 | |
| 210 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1080 | |
| 1080 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1040 | |
| 1080 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 250 | |
| 350 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 55 | |
| 90 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 56 | |
| 91 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 33 | |
| 33 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.9 | |
| 8.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 43 | |
| 42 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 360 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 60 to 99 | |
| 15 to 84 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 24 to 1310 | |
| 72 to 1210 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 7.7 to 20 | |
| 8.6 to 17 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 9.9 to 18 | |
| 11 to 17 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 73 | |
| 100 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 8.9 to 22 | |
| 9.8 to 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Copper (Cu), % | 96.5 to 98.6 | |
| 99.75 to 99.853 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 | |
| 0.080 to 0.13 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0.9 to 1.3 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0.15 to 0.35 | |
| 0.040 to 0.080 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 0 | |
| 0.027 to 0.1 |
| Tellurium (Te), % | 0.35 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |