C14510 Copper vs. C79200 Nickel Silver
Both C14510 copper and C79200 nickel silver are copper alloys. They have 63% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 22 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C14510 copper and the bottom bar is C79200 nickel silver.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 120 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 43 | |
| 44 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 300 to 320 | |
| 480 to 540 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 210 | |
| 190 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 200 | |
| 170 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1080 | |
| 950 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1050 | |
| 910 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 360 | |
| 42 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 19 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 33 | |
| 30 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.9 | |
| 8.4 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 3.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 42 | |
| 56 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 | |
| 7.7 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 9.2 to 10 | |
| 16 to 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 11 to 12 | |
| 16 to 18 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 100 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 11 to 12 | |
| 16 to 18 |
Alloy Composition
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| Copper (Cu), % | 99.15 to 99.69 | |
| 59 to 66.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0.8 to 1.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 11 to 13 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0.010 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Tellurium (Te), % | 0.3 to 0.7 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 17.9 to 29.2 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |