C17465 Copper vs. N06210 Nickel
C17465 copper belongs to the copper alloys classification, while N06210 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 25 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 C17465 copper and the bottom bar is N06210 nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 220 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 5.3 to 36 | |
| 51 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 44 | |
| 85 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 210 to 540 | |
| 560 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 310 to 930 | |
| 780 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 120 to 830 | |
| 350 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 210 | |
| 330 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 210 | |
| 980 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1080 | |
| 1570 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1030 | |
| 1510 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 420 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 45 | |
| 85 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.9 | |
| 9.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.1 | |
| 17 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 64 | |
| 250 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 47 to 90 | |
| 320 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 64 to 2920 | |
| 280 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.3 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 9.7 to 29 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 11 to 24 | |
| 21 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 11 to 33 | |
| 22 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Beryllium (Be), % | 0.15 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 18 to 20 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 95.7 to 98.7 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0.2 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 18 to 20 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.0 to 1.4 | |
| 54.8 to 62.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 0 | |
| 1.5 to 2.2 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |