C82600 Copper vs. K93603 Alloy
C82600 copper belongs to the copper alloys classification, while K93603 alloy belongs to the iron alloys. There are 18 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C82600 copper and the bottom bar is K93603 alloy.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.3 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 46 | |
| 72 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 570 to 1140 | |
| 490 to 810 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 240 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 950 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 860 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.7 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 11 | |
| 4.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 180 | |
| 66 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 120 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.8 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 to 36 | |
| 17 to 27 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 to 28 | |
| 17 to 24 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 to 39 | |
| 15 to 25 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Beryllium (Be), % | 2.3 to 2.6 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0.35 to 0.65 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 94.9 to 97.2 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 61.8 to 64 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 36 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.2 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.12 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |