H55 C10500 Copper vs. H55 C70400 Copper-nickel
Both H55 C10500 copper and H55 C70400 copper-nickel are copper alloys. Both are furnished in the H55 (light drawn) temper. They have a moderately high 92% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is H55 C10500 copper and the bottom bar is H55 C70400 copper-nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 120 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 43 | |
| 45 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 280 | |
| 310 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 240 | |
| 230 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 210 | |
| 210 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 200 | |
| 210 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1080 | |
| 1120 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1080 | |
| 1060 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 390 | |
| 64 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 100 | |
| 14 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 100 | |
| 14 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 32 | |
| 32 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 9.0 | |
| 8.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 3.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 42 | |
| 47 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 350 | |
| 300 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 250 | |
| 220 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 | |
| 7.5 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 8.6 | |
| 9.8 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 11 | |
| 12 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 110 | |
| 18 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 9.8 | |
| 11 |
Alloy Composition
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| Copper (Cu), % | 99.89 to 99.966 | |
| 89.8 to 93.6 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
| 1.3 to 1.7 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.3 to 0.8 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 4.8 to 6.2 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.0010 | |
| 0 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 0.034 to 0.060 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |