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Carbon-carbon vs. Nickel 689

Carbon-carbon and nickel 689 belong to fundamentally different material chemistries. Carbon-carbon is a ceramic material, while nickel 689 is a metal. Therefore, their performance will be even more dissimilar than would be suggested by the difference in properties. There are 13 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (22, in this case) are not shown. Please note that the two materials have significantly dissimilar densities. This means that additional care is required when interpreting the data, because some material properties are based on units of mass, while others are based on units of area or volume.

For each property being compared, the top bar is carbon-carbon and the bottom bar is nickel 689.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 95
210
Poisson's Ratio 0.32
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 36
80
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 19
1250

Thermal Properties

Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 2400
990
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 760
450
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 4.0
12

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Density, g/cm3 1.7
8.5

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 31
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 89
23
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 3.0
41
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 9.1
30
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 3.5
35