C12000 Copper vs. EN 1.6580 Steel
C12000 copper belongs to the copper alloys classification, while EN 1.6580 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C12000 copper and the bottom bar is EN 1.6580 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.8 to 50 | |
| 11 to 19 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 43 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 160 to 240 | |
| 450 to 700 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 230 to 410 | |
| 720 to 1170 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 77 to 400 | |
| 460 to 990 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 210 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 200 | |
| 450 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1080 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1080 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 390 | |
| 40 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 98 | |
| 7.8 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 98 | |
| 8.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 31 | |
| 4.3 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 9.0 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 1.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 41 | |
| 23 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 59 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 10 to 91 | |
| 120 to 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 25 to 690 | |
| 560 to 2590 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 to 13 | |
| 26 to 41 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 9.4 to 14 | |
| 23 to 31 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 110 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 8.2 to 15 | |
| 21 to 34 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0.26 to 0.34 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 1.8 to 2.2 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 99.9 to 99.996 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
| 93.7 to 95.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.3 to 0.6 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.3 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 1.8 to 2.2 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0.0040 to 0.012 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |