C16500 Copper vs. Nickel 200
C16500 copper belongs to the copper alloys classification, while nickel 200 belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C16500 copper and the bottom bar is nickel 200.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 180 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.5 to 53 | |
| 23 to 44 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.31 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 43 | |
| 70 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 200 to 310 | |
| 300 to 340 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 280 to 530 | |
| 420 to 540 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 97 to 520 | |
| 120 to 370 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 210 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 340 | |
| 900 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1070 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1010 | |
| 1440 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 380 | |
| 450 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 250 | |
| 69 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 60 | |
| 18 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 61 | |
| 18 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 31 | |
| 65 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.9 | |
| 8.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 11 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 42 | |
| 150 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 320 | |
| 230 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 7.8 to 110 | |
| 110 to 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 41 to 1160 | |
| 42 to 370 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.1 | |
| 11 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 8.6 to 17 | |
| 13 to 17 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 11 to 16 | |
| 14 to 17 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 74 | |
| 17 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 9.8 to 19 | |
| 13 to 16 |
Alloy Composition
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| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0.6 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 97.8 to 98.9 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 99 to 100 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0.5 to 0.7 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |