C19800 Copper vs. SAE-AISI H24 Steel
C19800 copper belongs to the copper alloys classification, while SAE-AISI H24 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 21 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C19800 copper and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI H24 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 200 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 43 | |
| 78 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 430 to 550 | |
| 720 to 1990 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 210 | |
| 240 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1070 | |
| 1750 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1050 | |
| 1700 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 420 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 260 | |
| 27 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 30 | |
| 37 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.9 | |
| 9.1 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.8 | |
| 6.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 43 | |
| 93 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 320 | |
| 78 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 | |
| 12 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 14 to 17 | |
| 22 to 61 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 14 to 17 | |
| 20 to 39 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 75 | |
| 6.9 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 to 20 | |
| 22 to 61 |
Alloy Composition
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| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0.42 to 0.53 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 2.5 to 3.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 95.7 to 99.47 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0.020 to 0.5 | |
| 78 to 82.4 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0.1 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.4 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0.010 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.4 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0.1 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 14 to 16 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.4 to 0.6 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0.3 to 1.5 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |