Nickel 201 vs. C15000 Copper
Nickel 201 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while C15000 copper belongs to the copper alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is nickel 201 and the bottom bar is C15000 copper.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 180 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 4.5 to 45 | |
| 13 to 54 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 70 | |
| 43 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 270 to 380 | |
| 150 to 280 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 390 to 660 | |
| 200 to 460 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 80 to 510 | |
| 45 to 460 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 210 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 900 | |
| 200 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1080 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 980 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 440 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 78 | |
| 370 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 19 | |
| 93 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 19 | |
| 93 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 65 | |
| 31 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.9 | |
| 9.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 11 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
| 43 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 230 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 25 to 130 | |
| 19 to 250 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 17 to 720 | |
| 8.7 to 910 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 11 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 12 to 20 | |
| 6.2 to 14 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 13 to 19 | |
| 8.5 to 15 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 20 | |
| 110 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 11 to 19 | |
| 7.3 to 17 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 99.8 to 99.9 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 99 to 100 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.2 |