Grade CU5MCuC Nickel vs. Nickel 201
Both grade CU5MCuC nickel and nickel 201 are nickel alloys. They have 42% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade CU5MCuC nickel and the bottom bar is nickel 201.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 180 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 22 | |
| 4.5 to 45 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 170 | |
| 42 to 210 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.31 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 70 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 580 | |
| 390 to 660 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 270 | |
| 80 to 510 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 310 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 980 | |
| 900 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1370 | |
| 1440 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 440 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 45 | |
| 65 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 8.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 7.7 | |
| 11 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 110 | |
| 150 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 230 | |
| 230 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 | |
| 25 to 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 190 | |
| 17 to 720 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 11 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 20 | |
| 12 to 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 13 to 19 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 | |
| 11 to 19 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 19.5 to 23.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 1.5 to 3.5 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 22.2 to 37.9 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.5 to 3.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 38 to 44 | |
| 99 to 100 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.6 to 1.2 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |