C19500 Copper vs. C15500 Copper
Both C19500 copper and C15500 copper are copper alloys. They have a very high 97% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 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 C19500 copper and the bottom bar is C15500 copper.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.3 to 38 | |
| 3.0 to 37 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 44 | |
| 43 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 260 to 360 | |
| 190 to 320 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 380 to 640 | |
| 280 to 550 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 120 to 600 | |
| 130 to 530 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 210 | |
| 210 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1090 | |
| 1080 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1090 | |
| 1080 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 200 | |
| 350 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 50 to 56 | |
| 90 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 50 to 57 | |
| 91 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 31 | |
| 33 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.9 | |
| 8.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 42 | |
| 42 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 360 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 14 to 110 | |
| 15 to 84 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 59 to 1530 | |
| 72 to 1210 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.3 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 12 to 20 | |
| 8.6 to 17 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 13 to 18 | |
| 11 to 17 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 58 | |
| 100 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 23 | |
| 9.8 to 20 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0.3 to 1.3 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 94.9 to 98.6 | |
| 99.75 to 99.853 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 1.0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 | |
| 0.080 to 0.13 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0.010 to 0.35 | |
| 0.040 to 0.080 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 0 | |
| 0.027 to 0.1 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0.1 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |