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Annealed and Aged (AT or TF00) C15000 Copper

TF00 C15000 copper is C15000 copper in the TF00 (precipitation hardened) temper. It has the second lowest strength compared to the other variants of C15000 copper. The graph bars on the material properties cards below compare TF00 C15000 copper to: wrought coppers (top), all copper alloys (middle), and the entire database (bottom). A full bar means this is the highest value in the relevant set. A half-full bar means it's 50% of the highest, and so on.

Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus

120 GPa 17 x 106 psi

Elongation at Break

50 %

Poisson's Ratio

0.34

Rockwell B Hardness

6.0

Shear Modulus

43 GPa 6.3 x 106 psi

Shear Strength

150 MPa 21 x 103 psi

Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS)

210 MPa 30 x 103 psi

Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof)

97 MPa 14 x 103 psi

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion

210 J/g

Maximum Temperature: Mechanical

200 °C 390 °F

Melting Completion (Liquidus)

1080 °C 1980 °F

Melting Onset (Solidus)

980 °C 1800 °F

Specific Heat Capacity

390 J/kg-K 0.092 BTU/lb-°F

Thermal Conductivity

370 W/m-K 210 BTU/h-ft-°F

Thermal Expansion

17 µm/m-K

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume

93 % IACS

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific)

93 % IACS

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price

31 % relative

Density

9.0 g/cm3 560 lb/ft3

Embodied Carbon

2.7 kg CO2/kg material

Embodied Energy

43 MJ/kg 19 x 103 BTU/lb

Embodied Water

310 L/kg 37 gal/lb

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work)

85 MJ/m3

Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience)

41 kJ/m3

Stiffness to Weight: Axial

7.2 points

Stiffness to Weight: Bending

18 points

Strength to Weight: Axial

6.4 points

Strength to Weight: Bending

8.7 points

Thermal Diffusivity

110 mm2/s

Thermal Shock Resistance

7.5 points

Alloy Composition

Copper (Cu)Cu 99.8 to 99.9
Zirconium (Zr)Zr 0.1 to 0.2

All values are % weight. Ranges represent what is permitted under applicable standards.

Followup Questions

Further Reading

Copper: Its Trade, Manufacture, Use, and Environmental Status, Gunter Joseph, 2001

Properties and Selection: Nonferrous Alloys and Special-Purpose Materials, ASM Handbook vol. 2, ASM International, 1993