C82400 Copper vs. Type 1 Magnetic Alloy
C82400 copper belongs to the copper alloys classification, while Type 1 magnetic alloy belongs to the iron alloys. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C82400 copper and the bottom bar is Type 1 magnetic alloy.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.0 to 20 | |
| 4.0 to 38 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.3 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 45 | |
| 72 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 500 to 1030 | |
| 500 to 830 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 260 to 970 | |
| 220 to 790 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 230 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1000 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 900 | |
| 1370 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 380 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 25 | |
| 3.1 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 26 | |
| 3.4 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.8 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.9 | |
| 5.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 140 | |
| 77 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 10 to 83 | |
| 33 to 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 270 to 3870 | |
| 130 to 1690 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.6 | |
| 12 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 16 to 33 | |
| 17 to 28 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 16 to 26 | |
| 17 to 24 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 to 36 | |
| 16 to 26 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |
| Beryllium (Be), % | 1.6 to 1.9 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0.2 to 0.65 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 96 to 98.2 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 50.7 to 56.5 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.8 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 43.5 to 46.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.12 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |