C16500 Copper vs. Nickel 601
C16500 copper belongs to the copper alloys classification, while nickel 601 belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C16500 copper and the bottom bar is nickel 601.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.5 to 53 | |
| 10 to 38 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 43 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 200 to 310 | |
| 440 to 530 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 280 to 530 | |
| 660 to 890 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 97 to 520 | |
| 290 to 800 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 210 | |
| 320 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 340 | |
| 1100 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1070 | |
| 1410 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1010 | |
| 1360 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 380 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 250 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 14 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 60 | |
| 1.5 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 61 | |
| 1.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 31 | |
| 49 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.9 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 42 | |
| 110 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 320 | |
| 280 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 7.8 to 110 | |
| 86 to 200 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 41 to 1160 | |
| 210 to 1630 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.1 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 8.6 to 17 | |
| 22 to 30 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 11 to 16 | |
| 20 to 25 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 74 | |
| 2.8 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 9.8 to 19 | |
| 17 to 23 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 1.7 |
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0.6 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 21 to 25 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 97.8 to 98.9 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 7.7 to 20 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 58 to 63 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0.5 to 0.7 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |