C70700 Copper-nickel vs. C71580 Copper-nickel
Both C70700 copper-nickel and C71580 copper-nickel are copper alloys. Both are furnished in the annealed condition. They have 79% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C70700 copper-nickel and the bottom bar is C71580 copper-nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 73 | |
| 75 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 140 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 39 | |
| 40 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 46 | |
| 51 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 220 | |
| 230 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 320 | |
| 330 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 110 | |
| 110 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 220 | |
| 230 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 220 | |
| 260 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1120 | |
| 1180 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1060 | |
| 1120 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 400 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 59 | |
| 39 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 15 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 11 | |
| 4.7 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 12 | |
| 4.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 34 | |
| 41 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.9 | |
| 8.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.4 | |
| 5.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 52 | |
| 74 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 300 | |
| 280 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 100 | |
| 100 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 51 | |
| 47 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.6 | |
| 8.5 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 10 | |
| 10 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 12 | |
| 12 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 17 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 | |
| 11 |
Alloy Composition
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| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.070 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 88.5 to 90.5 | |
| 65.5 to 71 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 9.5 to 10.5 | |
| 29 to 33 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |