Tensile properties and conductivities of a precipitation hardened and cold-rolled Cu-0.3Cr-0.1Zr alloy at cryogenic temperature

Cu-0.3Cr-0.1Zr alloy (in mass%) is one of typical precipitation hardened copper- based alloys, and exhibited an excellent combination of high strength and high conductivities at the temperature range of 4 K to 300 K. The tensile properties, electrical resistivity, thermal conductivity and magnetization of precipitation hardened and cold-rolled Cu-0.3Cr-0.1Zr alloy were measures in comparison with oxygen free copper at cryogenic temperatures. The Cu- 0.3Cr-0.1Zr showed higher yield ratio (yield strength tensile strength) and lower the ratio of yield strength to electrical resistivity at cryogenic temperature than oxygen free copper. It exhibited high electrical and thermal conductivities, excellent non-magnetic stability and very low magnetic permeability at 4.2 K.