TF00 C17500 Copper vs. TF00 C72900 Copper-nickel
Both TF00 C17500 copper and TF00 C72900 copper-nickel are copper alloys. Both are furnished in the TF00 (precipitation hardened) temper. They have 76% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is TF00 C17500 copper and the bottom bar is TF00 C72900 copper-nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 17 | |
| 7.0 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 45 | |
| 45 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 490 | |
| 630 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 790 | |
| 1080 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 220 | |
| 210 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 220 | |
| 210 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1060 | |
| 1120 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1020 | |
| 950 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 380 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 200 | |
| 29 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 52 | |
| 7.8 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 53 | |
| 8.0 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 60 | |
| 39 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.9 | |
| 8.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.7 | |
| 4.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 73 | |
| 72 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 320 | |
| 360 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 120 | |
| 49 to 210 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1700 | |
| 2030 to 3490 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.5 | |
| 7.6 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 25 | |
| 34 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
| 27 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 59 | |
| 8.6 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 27 | |
| 38 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Beryllium (Be), % | 0.4 to 0.7 | |
| 0 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 2.4 to 2.7 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 95.6 to 97.2 | |
| 74.1 to 78 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 14.5 to 15.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 7.5 to 8.5 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |