C14500 Copper vs. AWS BVAu-2
C14500 copper belongs to the copper alloys classification, while AWS BVAu-2 belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals. They have a modest 20% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 15 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (16, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C14500 copper and the bottom bar is AWS BVAu-2.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 100 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.4 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 43 | |
| 36 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 220 to 330 | |
| 150 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 210 | |
| 92 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1080 | |
| 890 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1050 | |
| 890 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 180 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 15 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.9 | |
| 17 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 | |
| 3.3 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 9.1 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 6.8 to 10 | |
| 2.4 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 9.1 to 12 | |
| 3.6 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 8.0 to 12 | |
| 7.1 |
Alloy Composition
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0010 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 99.2 to 99.596 | |
| 19.5 to 20.5 |
| Gold (Au), % | 0 | |
| 79.5 to 80.5 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0020 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0.0040 to 0.012 | |
| 0 to 0.0020 |
| Tellurium (Te), % | 0.4 to 0.7 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0010 |