Grade CU5MCuC Nickel vs. EN 2.4878 Nickel
Both grade CU5MCuC nickel and EN 2.4878 nickel are nickel alloys. They have 66% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 25 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 grade CU5MCuC nickel and the bottom bar is EN 2.4878 nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 22 | |
| 13 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 170 | |
| 400 to 410 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 78 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 580 | |
| 1210 to 1250 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 270 | |
| 740 to 780 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 310 | |
| 330 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 980 | |
| 1030 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1370 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1370 | |
| 1320 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 45 | |
| 80 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 7.7 | |
| 10 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 110 | |
| 150 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 230 | |
| 370 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 | |
| 150 to 180 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 190 | |
| 1370 to 1540 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 20 | |
| 41 to 42 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 31 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 | |
| 37 to 39 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 1.2 to 1.6 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0.010 to 0.015 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0.030 to 0.070 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 19.5 to 23.5 | |
| 23 to 25 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 19 to 21 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 1.5 to 3.5 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 22.2 to 37.9 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.5 to 3.5 | |
| 1.0 to 2.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 38 to 44 | |
| 43.6 to 52.2 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.6 to 1.2 | |
| 0.7 to 1.2 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.0070 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 2.8 to 3.2 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 | |
| 0.030 to 0.070 |