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C12000 Copper vs. N08120 Nickel

C12000 copper belongs to the copper alloys classification, while N08120 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 27 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 C12000 copper and the bottom bar is N08120 nickel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 120
200
Elongation at Break, % 2.8 to 50
34
Poisson's Ratio 0.34
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 43
79
Shear Strength, MPa 160 to 240
470
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 230 to 410
700
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 77 to 400
310

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 210
310
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 200
1000
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1080
1420
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1080
1370
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 390
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 390
11
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
14

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 31
45
Density, g/cm3 9.0
8.2
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.6
7.2
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 41
100
Embodied Water, L/kg 310
240

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 10 to 91
190
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 25 to 690
240
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 7.2
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 18
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 7.2 to 13
24
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 9.4 to 14
21
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 110
3.0
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 8.2 to 15
17

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0 to 0.4
Boron (B), % 0
0 to 0.010
Carbon (C), % 0
0.020 to 0.1
Chromium (Cr), % 0
23 to 27
Cobalt (Co), % 0
0 to 3.0
Copper (Cu), % 99.9 to 99.996
0 to 0.5
Iron (Fe), % 0
21 to 41.4
Manganese (Mn), % 0
0 to 1.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0 to 2.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0
35 to 39
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0.4 to 0.9
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.15 to 0.3
Phosphorus (P), % 0.0040 to 0.012
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.030
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.2
Tungsten (W), % 0
0 to 2.5