C16200 Copper vs. 5082 Aluminum
C16200 copper belongs to the copper alloys classification, while 5082 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. 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 C16200 copper and the bottom bar is 5082 aluminum.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 67 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.0 to 56 | |
| 1.1 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 100 to 210 | |
| 110 to 130 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 43 | |
| 25 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 190 to 390 | |
| 210 to 230 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 240 to 550 | |
| 380 to 400 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 48 to 470 | |
| 300 to 340 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 210 | |
| 400 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 370 | |
| 180 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1080 | |
| 640 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1030 | |
| 560 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 380 | |
| 910 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 360 | |
| 130 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 24 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 90 | |
| 32 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 90 | |
| 110 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 30 | |
| 9.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 9.0 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 8.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 41 | |
| 150 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 1180 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 10 to 99 | |
| 4.0 to 4.3 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 10 to 970 | |
| 670 to 870 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 51 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 7.4 to 17 | |
| 39 to 41 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 9.6 to 17 | |
| 43 to 45 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 100 | |
| 54 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 8.7 to 20 | |
| 17 to 18 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 93.5 to 96 |
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0.7 to 1.2 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 98.6 to 99.3 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 | |
| 4.0 to 5.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |