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Grade CU5MCuC Nickel vs. WE43B Magnesium

Grade CU5MCuC nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while WE43B magnesium belongs to the magnesium alloys. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, 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 grade CU5MCuC nickel and the bottom bar is WE43B magnesium.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
44
Elongation at Break, % 22
2.2
Fatigue Strength, MPa 170
110
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
17
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 580
250
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 270
200

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 310
330
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 980
180
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
640
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1370
550
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 460
960
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
27

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 45
34
Density, g/cm3 8.2
1.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 7.7
28
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 110
250
Embodied Water, L/kg 230
910

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 110
5.2
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 190
430
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
61
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 20
36
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 19
46
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16
15

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.050
0
Chromium (Cr), % 19.5 to 23.5
0
Copper (Cu), % 1.5 to 3.5
0 to 0.020
Iron (Fe), % 22.2 to 37.9
0 to 0.010
Lithium (Li), % 0
0 to 0.2
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
89.8 to 93.5
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.030
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.5 to 3.5
0
Nickel (Ni), % 38 to 44
0 to 0.0050
Niobium (Nb), % 0.6 to 1.2
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.030
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0
Unspecified Rare Earths, % 0
2.4 to 4.4
Yttrium (Y), % 0
3.7 to 4.3
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.2
Zirconium (Zr), % 0
0.4 to 1.0