C17500 Copper vs. Monel 400
C17500 copper belongs to the copper alloys classification, while Monel 400 belongs to the nickel alloys. They have a modest 31% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 30 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 C17500 copper and the bottom bar is Monel 400.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 160 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 6.0 to 30 | |
| 20 to 40 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 170 to 310 | |
| 230 to 290 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 45 | |
| 62 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 200 to 520 | |
| 370 to 490 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 310 to 860 | |
| 540 to 780 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 170 to 760 | |
| 210 to 590 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 220 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 220 | |
| 1000 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1060 | |
| 1350 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1020 | |
| 1300 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 430 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 200 | |
| 23 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 14 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 24 to 53 | |
| 3.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 24 to 54 | |
| 3.4 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 60 | |
| 50 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.9 | |
| 8.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.7 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 73 | |
| 110 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 320 | |
| 250 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 30 to 120 | |
| 140 to 180 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 120 to 2390 | |
| 140 to 1080 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.5 | |
| 10 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 9.7 to 27 | |
| 17 to 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 11 to 23 | |
| 17 to 21 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 59 | |
| 6.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 11 to 29 | |
| 17 to 25 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Beryllium (Be), % | 0.4 to 0.7 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 2.4 to 2.7 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 95.6 to 97.2 | |
| 28 to 34 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 2.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 63 to 72 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.024 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |