R05240 Alloy vs. C16500 Copper
R05240 alloy belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while C16500 copper belongs to the copper alloys. There are 18 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (12, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is R05240 alloy and the bottom bar is C16500 copper.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 150 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 25 | |
| 1.5 to 53 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.36 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 57 | |
| 43 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 270 | |
| 280 to 530 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 170 | |
| 97 to 520 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 210 | |
| 210 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 190 | |
| 380 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 6.8 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 14 | |
| 8.9 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 460 | |
| 320 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 59 | |
| 7.8 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 90 | |
| 41 to 1160 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 6.3 | |
| 7.1 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 13 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 5.4 | |
| 8.6 to 17 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 6.8 | |
| 11 to 16 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 18 | |
| 9.8 to 19 |
Alloy Composition
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 | |
| 0.6 to 1.0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 97.8 to 98.9 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.0015 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 35 to 42 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 57.9 to 65 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 0.7 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |