C19500 Copper vs. AWS BAg-13a
C19500 copper belongs to the copper alloys classification, while AWS BAg-13a belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals. They have 42% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 17 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (15, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C19500 copper and the bottom bar is AWS BAg-13a.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 92 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.36 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 44 | |
| 34 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 380 to 640 | |
| 180 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 210 | |
| 160 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1090 | |
| 890 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1090 | |
| 770 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 300 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 19 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.9 | |
| 9.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 54 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 42 | |
| 850 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.3 | |
| 5.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 15 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 12 to 20 | |
| 5.1 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 13 to 18 | |
| 7.2 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 23 | |
| 7.5 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0.3 to 1.3 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 94.9 to 98.6 | |
| 40.4 to 43.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 1.0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 1.5 to 2.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0.010 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 0 | |
| 55 to 57 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0.1 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |