C17500 Copper vs. EN 1.0456 Steel
C17500 copper belongs to the copper alloys classification, while EN 1.0456 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C17500 copper and the bottom bar is EN 1.0456 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 6.0 to 30 | |
| 24 to 26 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 170 to 310 | |
| 210 to 220 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 45 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 200 to 520 | |
| 270 to 280 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 310 to 860 | |
| 420 to 450 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 170 to 760 | |
| 290 to 300 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 220 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 220 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1060 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1020 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 200 | |
| 48 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 24 to 53 | |
| 7.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 24 to 54 | |
| 8.4 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 60 | |
| 2.2 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.7 | |
| 1.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 73 | |
| 20 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 320 | |
| 49 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 30 to 120 | |
| 93 to 99 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 120 to 2390 | |
| 220 to 230 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.5 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 9.7 to 27 | |
| 15 to 16 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 11 to 23 | |
| 16 to 17 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 59 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 11 to 29 | |
| 13 to 14 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0.020 to 0.060 |
| Beryllium (Be), % | 0.4 to 0.7 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 2.4 to 2.7 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 95.6 to 97.2 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 96.7 to 99.48 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 1.4 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |