C55280 Copper vs. AWS BVAu-4
C55280 copper belongs to the copper alloys classification, while AWS BVAu-4 belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals. There are 16 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C55280 copper and the bottom bar is AWS BVAu-4.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 110 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.4 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 40 | |
| 41 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 180 | |
| 190 |
Thermal Properties
| Brazing Temperature, °C | 730 to 820 | |
| 950 to 1000 |
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 190 | |
| 100 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 790 | |
| 950 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 640 | |
| 950 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 410 | |
| 190 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 14 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.5 | |
| 17 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 6.9 | |
| 3.6 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 9.3 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 5.9 | |
| 3.0 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 8.3 | |
| 4.2 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 7.4 | |
| 8.7 |
Alloy Composition
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0010 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 90.5 to 91.4 | |
| 0 |
| Gold (Au), % | 0 | |
| 81.5 to 82.5 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0020 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 17.5 to 18.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 6.8 to 7.2 | |
| 0 to 0.0020 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 1.8 to 2.2 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0010 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |