If light weight and high performance are your ambitions, then selecting aluminium for your HVACR application will provide you with equipment lighter than devices using copper tubes – and you will always benefit from the space saved.
|
|
Outside diameter [mm] |
Wall thickness [mm] |
Density
[g/cm³]
|
Tensile strength [N/mm²] |
Weight
[kg/m]
|
Internal volume [cm³/m] |
Burst pressure [Bar]
|
 Copper tube |
9.52 |
0.28 |
8.9 |
205 |
0.072 |
63 |
123 |
 Aluminium tube |
9.52 |
0.6 |
2.73 |
95 |
0.046 |
54 |
126 |
Weight saving with aluminium tube for an equivalent burst pressure: 36%
Updated: February 25, 2009