C96700 Copper vs. AWS BVAu-4
C96700 copper belongs to the copper alloys classification, while AWS BVAu-4 belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals. There are 15 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (13, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C96700 copper and the bottom bar is AWS BVAu-4.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 140 | |
| 110 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.4 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 53 | |
| 41 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1210 | |
| 190 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 100 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1170 | |
| 950 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1110 | |
| 950 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 400 | |
| 190 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 15 | |
| 14 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.8 | |
| 17 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 8.9 | |
| 3.6 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 9.3 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 38 | |
| 3.0 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 29 | |
| 4.2 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 40 | |
| 8.7 |
Alloy Composition
| Beryllium (Be), % | 1.1 to 1.2 | |
| 0 |
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0010 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 62.4 to 68.8 | |
| 0 |
| Gold (Au), % | 0 | |
| 81.5 to 82.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0.4 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.0020 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.4 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 29 to 33 | |
| 17.5 to 18.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.15 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0010 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0.15 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |