Soft Annealed (O60) C19400 Copper
O60 C19400 copper is C19400 copper in the O60 (soft annealed) temper. It has the lowest strength and highest ductility compared to the other variants of C19400 copper. The graph bars on the material properties cards below compare O60 C19400 copper to: wrought coppers (top), all copper alloys (middle), and the entire database (bottom). A full bar means this is the highest value in the relevant set. A half-full bar means it's 50% of the highest, and so on.
Mechanical Properties
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus
120 GPa 17 x 106 psi
Elongation at Break
37 %
Poisson's Ratio
0.34
Shear Modulus
44 GPa 6.4 x 106 psi
Shear Strength
210 MPa 30 x 103 psi
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS)
310 MPa 45 x 103 psi
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof)
98 MPa 14 x 103 psi
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion
210 J/g
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical
200 °C 400 °F
Melting Completion (Liquidus)
1090 °C 1990 °F
Melting Onset (Solidus)
1080 °C 1980 °F
Specific Heat Capacity
390 J/kg-K 0.093 BTU/lb-°F
Thermal Conductivity
260 W/m-K 150 BTU/h-ft-°F
Thermal Expansion
17 µm/m-K
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume
58 % IACS
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific)
58 % IACS
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price
30 % relative
Density
8.9 g/cm3 560 lb/ft3
Embodied Carbon
2.6 kg CO2/kg material
Embodied Energy
40 MJ/kg 17 x 103 BTU/lb
Embodied Water
300 L/kg 36 gal/lb
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work)
88 MJ/m3
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience)
41 kJ/m3
Stiffness to Weight: Axial
7.3 points
Stiffness to Weight: Bending
18 points
Strength to Weight: Axial
9.7 points
Strength to Weight: Bending
11 points
Thermal Diffusivity
75 mm2/s
Thermal Shock Resistance
11 points
Alloy Composition
| Cu | 96.8 to 97.8 | |
| Fe | 2.1 to 2.6 | |
| Zn | 0.050 to 0.2 | |
| P | 0.015 to 0.15 | |
| Pb | 0 to 0.030 | |
| res. | 0 to 0.2 |
All values are % weight. Ranges represent what is permitted under applicable standards.
Followup Questions
Further Reading
ASTM B465: Standard Specification for Copper-Iron Alloy Plate, Sheet, Strip, and Rolled Bar
Copper: Its Trade, Manufacture, Use, and Environmental Status, Gunter Joseph, 2001
ASM Specialty Handbook: Copper and Copper Alloys, J. R. Davis (editor), 2001