MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

201.0 Aluminum vs. C16500 Copper

201.0 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while C16500 copper belongs to the copper alloys. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown. Please note that the two materials have significantly dissimilar densities. This means that additional care is required when interpreting the data, because some material properties are based on units of mass, while others are based on units of area or volume.

For each property being compared, the top bar is 201.0 aluminum and the bottom bar is C16500 copper.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 71
110
Elongation at Break, % 4.4 to 20
1.5 to 53
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.34
Shear Modulus, GPa 27
43
Shear Strength, MPa 290
200 to 310
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 370 to 470
280 to 530
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 220 to 400
97 to 520

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 390
210
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 170
340
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 650
1070
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 570
1010
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 870
380
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 120
250
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 19
17

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 30 to 33
60
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 87 to 97
61

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 38
31
Density, g/cm3 3.1
8.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.7
2.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 160
42

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 19 to 63
7.8 to 110
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 330 to 1160
41 to 1160
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
7.1
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 45
18
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 33 to 42
8.6 to 17
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 37 to 44
11 to 16
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 45
74
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 19 to 25
9.8 to 19

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 92.1 to 95.1
0
Cadmium (Cd), % 0
0.6 to 1.0
Copper (Cu), % 4.0 to 5.2
97.8 to 98.9
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.15
0 to 0.020
Magnesium (Mg), % 0.15 to 0.55
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0.2 to 0.5
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.1
0
Silver (Ag), % 0.4 to 1.0
0
Tin (Sn), % 0
0.5 to 0.7
Titanium (Ti), % 0.15 to 0.35
0
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.5