C19500 Copper vs. EN 2.4680 Cast Nickel
C19500 copper belongs to the copper alloys classification, while EN 2.4680 cast nickel belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 26 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 C19500 copper and the bottom bar is EN 2.4680 cast nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 210 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.3 to 38 | |
| 9.1 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.26 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 44 | |
| 84 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 380 to 640 | |
| 600 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 120 to 600 | |
| 260 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 210 | |
| 350 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 200 | |
| 1050 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1090 | |
| 1360 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1090 | |
| 1320 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 200 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 15 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 31 | |
| 60 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.9 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 9.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 42 | |
| 130 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 350 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 14 to 110 | |
| 45 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 59 to 1530 | |
| 160 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.3 | |
| 15 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 12 to 20 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 13 to 18 | |
| 20 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 58 | |
| 3.7 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 23 | |
| 14 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 48 to 52 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0.3 to 1.3 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 94.9 to 98.6 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 1.0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 42.9 to 51 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 1.8 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.16 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0.010 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0.1 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |