Nickel 601 vs. C72700 Copper-nickel
Nickel 601 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while C72700 copper-nickel 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 601 and the bottom bar is C72700 copper-nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 10 to 38 | |
| 4.0 to 36 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 44 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 440 to 530 | |
| 310 to 620 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 660 to 890 | |
| 460 to 1070 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 290 to 800 | |
| 580 to 1060 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 210 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1100 | |
| 200 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1100 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1360 | |
| 930 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 380 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 11 | |
| 54 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.5 | |
| 11 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 1.6 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 49 | |
| 36 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.3 | |
| 8.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.0 | |
| 4.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 110 | |
| 62 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 280 | |
| 350 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 86 to 200 | |
| 20 to 380 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 210 to 1630 | |
| 1420 to 4770 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 7.4 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 30 | |
| 14 to 34 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 25 | |
| 15 to 26 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 2.8 | |
| 16 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 to 23 | |
| 16 to 38 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 1.0 to 1.7 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 21 to 25 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 82.1 to 86 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 7.7 to 20 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.050 to 0.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 58 to 63 | |
| 8.5 to 9.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 5.5 to 6.5 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |