MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

EN-MC65120 Magnesium vs. C55284 Copper

EN-MC65120 magnesium belongs to the magnesium alloys classification, while C55284 copper belongs to the copper alloys. There are 18 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (14, 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-MC65120 magnesium and the bottom bar is C55284 copper.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 45
100
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.34
Shear Modulus, GPa 17
38
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 160
180

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 330
180
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 180
200
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 590
800
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 520
640
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 970
380
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 26
17

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Density, g/cm3 1.9
8.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 25
16
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 190
260

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
6.5
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 62
18
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 23
5.6
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 34
8.0
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 9.8
7.4

Alloy Composition


Deprecated: Automatic conversion of false to array is deprecated in /home/public/compare.php on line 452
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.030
79.2 to 80.7
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.010
0
Magnesium (Mg), % 91.8 to 95.1
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.15
0
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.0050
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0
4.8 to 5.2
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.010
0
Silver (Ag), % 0
14.5 to 15.5
Unspecified Rare Earths, % 2.5 to 4.0
0
Zinc (Zn), % 2.0 to 3.0
0
Zirconium (Zr), % 0.4 to 1.0
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.010
0 to 0.15