MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

C81500 Copper vs. 3003 Aluminum

C81500 copper belongs to the copper alloys classification, while 3003 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown. Please note that the two materials have significantly dissimilar densities. This means that additional care is required when interpreting the data, because some material properties are based on units of mass, while others are based on units of area or volume.

For each property being compared, the top bar is C81500 copper and the bottom bar is 3003 aluminum.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 110
28 to 65
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 120
70
Elongation at Break, % 17
1.1 to 28
Poisson's Ratio 0.34
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 44
26
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 350
110 to 240
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 280
40 to 210

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 210
400
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 200
180
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1090
650
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1080
640
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 390
900
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 320
180
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
23

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 82
44
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 83
140

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 31
9.5
Density, g/cm3 8.9
2.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.6
8.1
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 41
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 310
1180

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 56
0.95 to 63
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 330
11 to 300
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 7.3
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 18
50
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 11
11 to 24
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 12
18 to 30
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 91
71
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12
4.7 to 10

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0 to 0.1
96.8 to 99
Chromium (Cr), % 0.4 to 1.5
0
Copper (Cu), % 97.4 to 99.6
0.050 to 0.2
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 0.7
Lead (Pb), % 0 to 0.020
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0
1.0 to 1.5
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.15
0 to 0.6
Tin (Sn), % 0 to 0.1
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 0.1
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.15