C10100, also known as Oxygen Free Copper (OFE C10100), is a high purity copper material that is widely used in a number of industries for its excellent electrical and thermal conductivity.
Chemical Composition
The chemical composition of C10100 is as follows:
- Copper (Cu): ≥99.99%
- Calcium (Ca): ≤0.0001%
- Phosphorus (P): ≤0.0003%
- Sulphur (S): ≤0.0018%
- Zinc (Zn): ≤0.0001%
- Mercury (Hg): ≤0.0001% Lead (Pb): ≤0.0001%.
- Lead (Pb): ≤0.001%
- Selenium (Se): ≤0.001%
- Tellurium (Te): ≤0.001%
- Bismuth (Bi): ≤0.001%
- Oxygen (O): ≤0.001%
The extremely low content of these trace elements ensures the high purity and excellent performance of C10100.
Physical Properties
The physical properties of C10100 are as follows:
- Density: 8.94 g/cm³
- Conductivity: 101% IACS (International Annealed Copper Standard)
- Electrical conductivity: 58.6 MS/m
- Thermal conductivity: 391 W/(m-K)
- Coefficient of thermal expansion: 17.7 × 10^-6^/K
- Modulus of elasticity: 115 GPa
- Specific heat capacity: 0.385 J/(g-K)
- Poisson's ratio: 0.34
These performance indexes show the superiority of C10100 in electrical and thermal conductivity.
Processing
C10100 has good machining properties, including:
1. turning: suitable for manufacturing cylindrical parts such as shafts, rods and tubes. Turning uses sharp cutting tools, maintains high cutting speeds and employs continuous feeds to prevent work hardening.
2. milling: suitable for creating flat surfaces, slots and complex shapes. Use carbide cutting tools with high helix angles for milling to minimize tool wear and improve chip evacuation.
3. Drilling: C10100 is easy to drill, but care needs to be taken to prevent work hardening and maintain a good surface finish.
Application Areas
C10100 is widely used in the following fields due to its excellent physical properties:
1. electronic and electrical industry: used in the manufacture of wires, cables, power equipment, etc., due to its high electrical conductivity.
2. communication industry: used in the manufacture of communication equipment, such as fiber optic cable reinforcement core, etc., due to its excellent electrical and thermal conductivity.
3. construction industry: used in the manufacture of building structural parts, such as curtain wall keel, due to its high strength and high extensibility.
4. Automotive industry: used in the manufacture of key components such as automobile engines and transmissions.
