OS025 C12900 Copper vs. OS025 C14300 Copper
Both OS025 C12900 copper and OS025 C14300 copper are copper alloys. Both are furnished in the OS025 (annealed to 0.025mm grain size) temper. Their average alloy composition is basically identical. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is OS025 C12900 copper and the bottom bar is OS025 C14300 copper.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 45 | |
| 42 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 43 | |
| 43 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 160 | |
| 150 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 230 | |
| 220 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 82 | |
| 76 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 210 | |
| 210 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 200 | |
| 220 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1080 | |
| 1080 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1030 | |
| 1050 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 380 | |
| 380 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 98 | |
| 96 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 98 | |
| 96 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 32 | |
| 31 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 9.0 | |
| 9.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 2.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 41 | |
| 41 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 330 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 83 | |
| 72 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 29 | |
| 25 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 7.3 | |
| 6.8 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 9.4 | |
| 9.1 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 110 | |
| 110 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 8.3 | |
| 7.8 |
Alloy Composition
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 to 0.0030 | |
| 0 |
| Arsenic (As), % | 0 to 0.012 | |
| 0 |
| Bismuth (Bi), % | 0 to 0.0030 | |
| 0 |
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 | |
| 0.050 to 0.15 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 99.88 to 100 | |
| 99.9 to 99.95 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.0040 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 0 to 0.054 | |
| 0 |
| Tellurium (Te), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 |