C15100 Copper vs. C70620 Copper-nickel
Both C15100 copper and C70620 copper-nickel are copper alloys. They have 88% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 24 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 C15100 copper and the bottom bar is C70620 copper-nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 120 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.34 |
| Rockwell B Hardness | 30 to 64 | |
| 65 to 87 |
| Rockwell Superficial 30T Hardness | 48 to 65 | |
| 61 to 75 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 43 | |
| 46 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 260 to 470 | |
| 300 to 570 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 210 | |
| 220 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 200 | |
| 220 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1100 | |
| 1120 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1030 | |
| 1060 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 360 | |
| 49 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 31 | |
| 33 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 9.0 | |
| 8.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 3.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 43 | |
| 51 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 300 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 | |
| 7.7 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 8.1 to 15 | |
| 9.3 to 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 10 to 15 | |
| 11 to 17 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 100 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 9.3 to 17 | |
| 10 to 20 |
Alloy Composition
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| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 99.8 to 99.95 | |
| 86.5 to 90 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 1.8 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 9.0 to 11 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0.050 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |