MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

EN AC-44000 Aluminum vs. C70260 Copper

EN AC-44000 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while C70260 copper belongs to the copper alloys. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, 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 EN AC-44000 aluminum and the bottom bar is C70260 copper.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 71
120
Elongation at Break, % 7.3
9.5 to 19
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.34
Shear Modulus, GPa 27
44
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 180
520 to 760
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 86
410 to 650

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 560
220
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 170
200
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 590
1060
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 590
1040
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 910
390
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 140
160
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 21
17

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 36
40 to 50
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 130
40 to 51

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
31
Density, g/cm3 2.5
8.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 7.8
2.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
43
Embodied Water, L/kg 1070
310

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 11
46 to 140
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 51
710 to 1810
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 16
7.3
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 55
18
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 20
16 to 24
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 28
16 to 21
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 61
45
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 8.4
18 to 27

Alloy Composition


Deprecated: Automatic conversion of false to array is deprecated in /home/public/compare.php on line 452
Aluminum (Al), % 87.1 to 90
0
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.050
95.8 to 98.8
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.19
0
Magnesium (Mg), % 0 to 0.45
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.1
0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
1.0 to 3.0
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.010
Silicon (Si), % 10 to 11.8
0.2 to 0.7
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.15
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.070
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.1
0 to 0.5