H01 C72500 Copper-nickel vs. H01 C77000 Nickel Silver
Both H01 C72500 copper-nickel and H01 C77000 nickel silver are copper alloys. Both are furnished in the H01 (quarter hard) temper. They have 65% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is H01 C72500 copper-nickel and the bottom bar is H01 C77000 nickel silver.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 120 | 
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.31 | 
| Rockwell B Hardness | 75 | |
| 79 | 
| Rockwell Superficial 30T Hardness | 62 | |
| 69 | 
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 45 | |
| 46 | 
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 450 | |
| 560 | 
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 210 | |
| 200 | 
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 210 | |
| 180 | 
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1130 | |
| 1050 | 
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1060 | |
| 1000 | 
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 400 | 
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 54 | |
| 29 | 
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 17 | 
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 11 | |
| 5.5 | 
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 11 | |
| 6.0 | 
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 35 | |
| 31 | 
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.9 | |
| 8.3 | 
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.6 | |
| 4.1 | 
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 55 | |
| 63 | 
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 320 | |
| 300 | 
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.6 | |
| 8.1 | 
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 20 | 
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 19 | 
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 15 | |
| 18 | 
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 16 | |
| 8.8 | 
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 | |
| 20 | 
Alloy Composition
| Copper (Cu), % | 85.2 to 89.7 | |
| 53.5 to 56.5 | 
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 0.25 | 
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.050 | 
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.5 | 
| Nickel (Ni), % | 8.5 to 10.5 | |
| 16.5 to 19.5 | 
| Tin (Sn), % | 1.8 to 2.8 | |
| 0 | 
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 22.7 to 30 | 
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |