Percon^® 19 Conductor Wire

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Conductor Wire

Percon 19 is a cadmium free copper alloy developed to replace cadmium copper C162.

Key Attributes of Percon 19

Engineered to be hard drawn for high strength and high flex life, exceeding the performance of cadmium copper.
Greater and more uniform flex life than cadmium copper.
Excellent resistance to corrosive environments.
Does not contain and cadmium or environmentally hazardous elements.

Percon 19 is available hard drawn bare or plated with silver, nickel or tin.

English UnitsMetric Units

Physical Properties

Hard Drawn
Tensile	110 ksi
Elongation	1%
Electrical Conductivity	73% IACS* @ 68°F
Electrical Resistivity	14.21 cir mil ohm/ft @ 68°F
Melting Point	---
Density	0.321 lbs/in³
Thermal Coefficient of Resistance	0.00169 Per °F

19-Strand Unilay Constructions

Bare PERCON® 19 – Hard Drawn
AWG	Const	Diameter (inch)		Resistance (Ω/mft)	Weight (lb/mft)	Break StrG (lb)
AWG	Const	Min	Max	Max	Max	Min
18	19/30	0.0467	0.0476	7.98	5.77	161.0
20	19/32	0.0373	0.0382	12.5	3.71	102.0
22	19/34	0.0293	0.0302	20.4	2.32	63.1
24	19/36	0.0231	0.0241	32.6	1.47	39.4
26	19/38	0.0184	0.0193	51.4	0.951	25.0
28	19/40	0.0142	0.0151	86.9	0.580	14.8
30	19/42	0.0113	0.0123	135.8	0.383	9.45
32	19/44⁽¹⁾	0.0095	0.0105	211.3	0.259	5.93
34	19/46⁽¹⁾	0.0074	0.0084	352.9	0.164	3.55
(1) True Concentric

7-Strand Constructions

Bare PERCON® 19 – Hard Drawn
AWG	Const	Diameter (inch)		Resistance (Ω/mft)	Weight (lb/mft)	Break StrG (lb)
AWG	Const	Min	Max	Max	Max	Min
22	7/30	0.0297	0.0303	21.0	2.19	59.3
24	7/32	0.0237	0.0243	32.9	1.41	37.7
26	7/34	0.0186	0.0192	53.5	0.879	23.2
28	7/36	0.0147	0.0153	85.6	0.558	14.5
30	7/38	0.0117	0.0123	135.2	0.361	9.20
32	7/40	0.0090	0.0096	228.4	0.220	5.44
34	7/42	0.0072	0.0078	356.9	0.145	3.48
36	7/44	0.0057	0.0063	569.5	0.0946	2.18
38	7/46	0.0044	0.0050	951.4	0.0598	1.31
40	7/48	0.0034	0.0040	1,582	0.0385	0.786
42	7/50	0.0027	0.0033	2,596	0.0255	0.479

Single End Constructions

Bare PERCON® 19 – Hard Drawn
AWG	Diameter (inch)			Resistance (Ω/mft)	Weight (lb/mft)	Break StrG (lb)
AWG	Nom	Min	Max	Max	Max	Min
30	0.0100	0.0099	0.0101	145.0	0.309	8.47
31	0.0089	0.0088	0.0090	183.5	0.245	6.69
32	0.0080	0.0079	0.0081	227.6	0.198	5.39
33	0.00705	0.0069	0.0072	289.9	0.157	4.23
34	0.0063	0.0062	0.0064	369.6	0.124	3.32
35	0.0056	0.0055	0.0057	469.6	0.0983	2.61
36	0.0050	0.0049	0.0051	591.7	0.0787	2.07
37	0.0045	0.0044	0.0046	733.8	0.0640	1.67
38	0.0040	0.0039	0.0041	934.0	0.0509	1.31
39	0.0035	0.0034	0.0036	1,229	0.0392	0.999
40	0.0031	0.0030	0.0032	1,579	0.0310	0.778
41	0.0028	0.0027	0.0029	1,949	0.0254	0.630
42	0.0025	0.0024	0.0026	2,466	0.0205	0.498
43	0.0022	0.0021	0.0023	3,222	0.016	0.381
44	0.0020	0.0019	0.0021	3,935	0.0133	0.312
45	0.00176	0.00166	0.00186	5,156	0.0105	0.238
46	0.00157	0.00147	0.00167	6,575	0.00844	0.187
47	0.00140	0.00130	0.00150	8,406	0.0068	0.146
48	0.00124	0.00114	0.00134	10,932	0.00543	0.112
49	0.00111	0.00101	0.00121	13,927	0.00443	0.088
50	0.00099	0.00089	0.00109	17,936	0.0036	0.068

Physical Properties

Hard Drawn
Tensile	758 MPa
Elongation	1%
Electrical Conductivity	0.423 megmho/cm @ 20°C
Electrical Resistivity	2.362 microhm-cm @ 20°C
Melting Point	---
Density	8.89 g/cm³
Thermal Coefficient of Resistance	0.00305 Per °C

19-Strand Unilay Constructions

Bare PERCON® 19 – Hard Drawn
AWG	Const	Diameter (mm)		Resistance (Ω/km)	Weight (kg/km)	Break StrG (N)
AWG	Const	Min	Max	Max	Max	Min
18	19/30	1.186	1.209	26.2	8.59	716
20	19/32	0.947	0.970	41.0	5.52	454
22	19/34	0.744	0.767	66.9	3.45	281
24	19/36	0.587	0.612	107	2.19	175
26	19/38	0.467	0.490	169	1.42	111
28	19/40	0.361	0.384	285	0.863	65.8
30	19/42	0.287	0.312	446	0.570	42.0
32	19/44⁽¹⁾	0.241	0.267	693	0.385	26.4
34	19/46⁽¹⁾	0.188	0.213	1,158	0.244	15.8
(1) True Concentric

7-Strand Constructions

Bare PERCON® 19 – Hard Drawn
AWG	Const	Diameter (mm)		Resistance (Ω/km)	Weight (kg/km)	Break StrG (N)
AWG	Const	Min	Max	Max	Max	Min
22	7/30	0.754	0.770	68.9	3.26	264
24	7/32	0.602	0.617	107.9	2.10	168
26	7/34	0.472	0.488	175.5	1.31	103
28	7/36	0.373	0.389	280.8	0.830	64.5
30	7/38	0.297	0.312	443.6	0.537	40.9
32	7/40	0.229	0.244	749.3	0.327	24.2
34	7/42	0.183	0.198	1,171	0.216	15.5
36	7/44	0.145	0.160	1,868	0.141	9.70
38	7/46	0.110	0.126	3,121	0.0890	5.83
40	7/48	0.086	0.102	5,190	0.0573	3.50
42	7/50	0.069	0.084	8,517	0.0379	2.13

Single End Constructions

Bare PERCON® 19 – Hard Drawn
AWG	Diameter (mm)		Resistance (Ω/km)	Weight (kg/km)	Break StrG (N)
AWG	Min	Max	Max	Max	Min
30	0.251	0.257	475.7	0.460	37.7
31	0.224	0.229	602.0	0.365	29.8
32	0.201	0.206	746.7	0.295	24.0
33	0.175	0.183	951.1	0.234	18.8
34	0.157	0.163	1,213	0.185	14.8
35	0.140	0.145	1,541	0.146	11.6
36	0.124	0.130	1,941	0.117	9.21
37	0.112	0.117	2,407	0.0952	7.43
38	0.099	0.104	3,064	0.0757	5.83
39	0.086	0.091	4,032	0.0583	4.44
40	0.076	0.081	5,180	0.0461	3.46
41	0.0686	0.0737	6,394	0.0378	2.80
42	0.0610	0.0660	8,090	0.0305	2.22
43	0.0533	0.0584	10,571	0.0238	1.69
44	0.0483	0.0533	12,910	0.0198	1.39
45	0.0422	0.0472	16,916	0.0156	1.06
46	0.0373	0.0424	21,571	0.01256	0.832
47	0.033	0.038	27,578	0.0101	0.649
48	0.029	0.034	35,866	0.00808	0.498
49	0.026	0.031	45,692	0.00659	0.391
50	0.0226	0.0277	58,844	0.00534	0.302

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Specifications

ASTM B250

Conversion Factors
Metric Tensile Strengths

kg/mm² = KSI x .7031
N/mm² = KSI x 6.895