C82800 Copper vs. Type 1 Magnetic Alloy
C82800 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 (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C82800 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 | 46 | |
| 72 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 670 to 1140 | |
| 500 to 830 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 380 to 1000 | |
| 220 to 790 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 240 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 930 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 890 | |
| 1370 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 18 | |
| 3.1 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 19 | |
| 3.4 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.7 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 12 | |
| 5.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 190 | |
| 77 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 11 to 110 | |
| 33 to 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 590 to 4080 | |
| 130 to 1690 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.8 | |
| 12 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 36 | |
| 17 to 28 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 28 | |
| 17 to 24 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 to 39 | |
| 16 to 26 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |
| Beryllium (Be), % | 2.5 to 2.9 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0.15 to 0.7 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 94.6 to 97.2 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 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), % | 0.2 to 0.35 | |
| 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 |