C82800 Copper vs. SAE-AISI H19 Steel
C82800 copper belongs to the copper alloys classification, while SAE-AISI H19 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 20 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 C82800 copper and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI H19 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 46 | |
| 75 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 670 to 1140 | |
| 720 to 1990 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 240 | |
| 260 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 930 | |
| 1540 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 890 | |
| 1490 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 120 | |
| 29 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.7 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 12 | |
| 7.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 190 | |
| 110 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 110 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.8 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 36 | |
| 24 to 68 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 28 | |
| 22 to 43 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 36 | |
| 7.9 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 to 39 | |
| 21 to 59 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |
| Beryllium (Be), % | 2.5 to 2.9 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0.32 to 0.45 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 4.0 to 4.8 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0.15 to 0.7 | |
| 4.0 to 4.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 94.6 to 97.2 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 81.4 to 85.5 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.3 to 0.55 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.2 to 0.35 | |
| 0.2 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.12 | |
| 0 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 3.8 to 4.5 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 1.8 to 2.2 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |