C10700 Copper vs. C12200 Copper
Both C10700 copper and C12200 copper are copper alloys. Their average alloy composition is basically identical.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C10700 copper and the bottom bar is C12200 copper.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.2 to 50 | |
| 3.2 to 50 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.34 |
| Rockwell F Hardness | 57 to 100 | |
| 40 to 100 |
| Rockwell Superficial 30T Hardness | 27 to 70 | |
| 27 to 70 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 43 | |
| 43 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 160 to 240 | |
| 150 to 240 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 230 to 410 | |
| 220 to 410 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 77 to 410 | |
| 69 to 400 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 210 | |
| 210 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1080 | |
| 1080 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1080 | |
| 1030 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 390 | |
| 340 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 100 | |
| 85 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 100 | |
| 85 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 35 | |
| 31 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 9.0 | |
| 9.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 2.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 42 | |
| 41 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 390 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 7.9 to 91 | |
| 11 to 91 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 25 to 710 | |
| 21 to 690 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 to 13 | |
| 6.9 to 13 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 9.4 to 14 | |
| 9.1 to 14 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 110 | |
| 98 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 8.2 to 15 | |
| 7.9 to 15 |
Alloy Composition
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| Copper (Cu), % | 99.83 to 99.915 | |
| 99.9 to 99.985 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.0010 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0.015 to 0.040 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 0.085 to 0.12 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |