C71000 Copper-nickel vs. N06045 Nickel
C71000 copper-nickel belongs to the copper alloys classification, while N06045 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys. They have a modest 22% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 20 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (13, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C71000 copper-nickel and the bottom bar is N06045 nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 130 | |
| 200 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 49 | |
| 77 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 320 to 560 | |
| 690 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 230 | |
| 350 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 240 | |
| 1010 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1200 | |
| 1350 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1150 | |
| 1300 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 400 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 15 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 37 | |
| 42 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.9 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.3 | |
| 6.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 63 | |
| 98 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 290 | |
| 250 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 8.2 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 10 to 18 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 12 to 17 | |
| 22 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 20 | |
| 18 |
Alloy Composition
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| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0.050 to 0.12 |
| Cerium (Ce), % | 0 | |
| 0.030 to 0.090 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 26 to 29 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 73.5 to 80.5 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0.5 to 1.0 | |
| 21 to 25 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 19 to 23 | |
| 45 to 50.4 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 2.5 to 3.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |