Grade CW12MW Nickel vs. C17200 Copper
Grade CW12MW nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while C17200 copper belongs to the copper alloys. There are 23 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade CW12MW nickel and the bottom bar is C17200 copper.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 220 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 4.6 | |
| 1.1 to 37 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 85 | |
| 45 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 560 | |
| 480 to 1380 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 310 | |
| 160 to 1250 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 230 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 960 | |
| 280 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1610 | |
| 980 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1560 | |
| 870 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 410 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 18 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 9.1 | |
| 8.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 13 | |
| 9.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 180 | |
| 150 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 280 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 22 | |
| 4.2 to 500 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 220 | |
| 110 to 5720 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 7.6 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 17 | |
| 15 to 44 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 | |
| 16 to 31 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 | |
| 16 to 46 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Beryllium (Be), % | 0 | |
| 1.8 to 2.0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.12 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 15.5 to 17.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 96.1 to 98 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 4.5 to 7.5 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 16 to 18 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 49.2 to 60.1 | |
| 0.2 to 0.6 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 3.8 to 5.3 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.2 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |