OXYGEN FREE COPPER ALLOY



DATA AND CORRELATIONS

The following equations represent the change in the thermal and physical properties of oxygen free copper with the change in temperature:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

with T in degree Celsius, Eqs 2-4 valid in the temperature range 20-927 C and Eqs (1) and (5) in the range 20-800 C.

          TABLE 1 Thermal and structural properties of oxygen free copper*                                     
   T C     [[rho]]  E GPa     [[nu]]   k W/m-K   c J/kg-K   [[sigma]  [[alpha]  [[sigma]  
           kg/m3                                            ]y  MPa   ]         ]u MPa    
                                                                      (10-6)              
                                                                      m/m-K               
   20      8940     82.000    0.330    399.000              26.000    15.400    207.000   
   27               81.475             398.000              25.714    15.333    205.219   
   200              74.000             389.931              20.000    16.600    155.000   
   327              71.068             383.000              17.302    17.750    113.962   
   400              69.000             378.772              16.000    18.300    91.000    
   500              66.000             372.619              14.624    19.100    62.000    
   527              64.813             371.000              14.196    19.362    54.815    
   600              62.000             366.083              13.000    20.000    38.000    
   727              58.727             357.000              9.912     20.973    20.398    
   800              59.000             351.864              7.500     21.600    18.000    
   927                                 342.000              1.729     22.584              

*OFCu (Annealed; 850 Cx0.5 hours, cool down; 6 hours)

k (W/m-K)

Temperature (C)

Figure 1 : Thermal conductivity of oxygen free copper.



      E (GPa)      [[alpha]] (10-6 m/m-K)

Temperature (C)

Figure 2 : Elastic modulus and thermal expansion coefficient of oxygen free copper.



      [[sigma]]y (MPa)      [[sigma]]u (MPa)

Temperature (C)

Figure 3 : Yield stress and ultimate tensile strength of oxygen free copper.