C19500 Copper vs. SAE-AISI 51B60 Steel
C19500 copper belongs to the copper alloys classification, while SAE-AISI 51B60 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C19500 copper and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 51B60 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.3 to 38 | |
| 12 to 21 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 44 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 260 to 360 | |
| 390 to 420 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 380 to 640 | |
| 660 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 120 to 600 | |
| 400 to 550 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 210 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 200 | |
| 420 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1090 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1090 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 200 | |
| 43 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 50 to 56 | |
| 7.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 50 to 57 | |
| 8.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 31 | |
| 2.1 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 42 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 49 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 14 to 110 | |
| 73 to 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 59 to 1530 | |
| 420 to 800 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.3 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 12 to 20 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 13 to 18 | |
| 22 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 58 | |
| 12 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 23 | |
| 19 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0.00050 to 0.0030 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0.56 to 0.64 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0.7 to 0.9 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0.3 to 1.3 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 94.9 to 98.6 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 1.0 to 2.0 | |
| 97 to 97.8 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.75 to 1.0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0.010 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0.1 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |