The Influence of Service Temperature and Thickness on the Tensile Properties of Thin T2 Copper Sheets

Thin T2 copper sheets with nine different thicknesses were employed in uniaxial tensile tests to investigate the influence of service temperature and thickness on their tensile properties. A total of 33 groups of tensile samples were separately tested at 20 °C, 100 °C, 150 °C, 200 °C, and 250 °C to obtain their elongation and their tensile and yield strengths. The change laws of the tensile properties of the investigated T2 copper were analyzed using different fitting functions. The main results show that both sheet thickness and temperature have an important influence on the tensile properties of T2 copper. As the sheet thickness increased, the tensile and yield strengths of the tested materials first increased rapidly, then decreased sharply, and finally stabilized. As the temperature increased, the tensile strength increased linearly while the yield strength decreased linearly. The relationships between the elongation and the sheet thickness and temperature were exponential and polynomial functions, respectively. T–t–Rm, T–t–Rel, and T–t–δ empirical formulas were proposed and established to predict the tensile properties of the investigated T2 copper sheet, and the predictive models exhibited solid accuracy.