TD04 Tempered C15000 Copper
TD04 C15000 copper is C15000 copper in the TD04 (solution heat treated and cold worked to full-hard) temper. It has the second highest strength and second lowest ductility compared to the other variants of C15000 copper.
The graph bars on the material properties cards below compare TD04 C15000 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
19 %
Poisson's Ratio
0.34
Shear Modulus
43 GPa 6.3 x 106 psi
Shear Strength
240 MPa 35 x 103 psi
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS)
390 MPa 57 x 103 psi
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof)
380 MPa 55 x 103 psi
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion
210 J/g
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical
200 °C 390 °F
Melting Completion (Liquidus)
1080 °C 1980 °F
Melting Onset (Solidus)
980 °C 1800 °F
Specific Heat Capacity
390 J/kg-K 0.092 BTU/lb-°F
Thermal Conductivity
370 W/m-K 210 BTU/h-ft-°F
Thermal Expansion
17 µm/m-K
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume
93 % IACS
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific)
93 % IACS
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price
31 % relative
Density
9.0 g/cm3 560 lb/ft3
Embodied Carbon
2.7 kg CO2/kg material
Embodied Energy
43 MJ/kg 19 x 103 BTU/lb
Embodied Water
310 L/kg 37 gal/lb
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work)
74 MJ/m3
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience)
630 kJ/m3
Stiffness to Weight: Axial
7.2 points
Stiffness to Weight: Bending
18 points
Strength to Weight: Axial
12 points
Strength to Weight: Bending
13 points
Thermal Diffusivity
110 mm2/s
Thermal Shock Resistance
14 points
Alloy Composition
| Cu | 99.8 to 99.9 | |
| Zr | 0.1 to 0.2 |
All values are % weight. Ranges represent what is permitted under applicable standards.
Followup Questions
Further Reading
Copper: Its Trade, Manufacture, Use, and Environmental Status, Gunter Joseph, 2001
Properties and Selection: Nonferrous Alloys and Special-Purpose Materials, ASM Handbook vol. 2, ASM International, 1993