C72150 Copper-nickel vs. C71580 Copper-nickel
Both C72150 copper-nickel and C71580 copper-nickel are copper alloys. Both are furnished in the annealed condition. They have 86% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C72150 copper-nickel and the bottom bar is C71580 copper-nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 99 | |
| 75 | 
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 150 | |
| 140 | 
| Elongation at Break, % | 29 | |
| 40 | 
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.33 | 
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 55 | |
| 51 | 
| Shear Strength, MPa | 320 | |
| 230 | 
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 490 | |
| 330 | 
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 210 | |
| 110 | 
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 230 | 
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 600 | |
| 260 | 
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1210 | |
| 1180 | 
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1250 | |
| 1120 | 
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 410 | |
| 400 | 
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 22 | |
| 39 | 
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
| 15 | 
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 3.5 | |
| 4.7 | 
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.6 | |
| 4.7 | 
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 45 | |
| 41 | 
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.9 | |
| 8.9 | 
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 6.1 | |
| 5.1 | 
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 88 | |
| 74 | 
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 270 | |
| 280 | 
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 120 | |
| 100 | 
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 150 | |
| 47 | 
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 9.1 | |
| 8.5 | 
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 19 | 
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 15 | |
| 10 | 
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 15 | |
| 12 | 
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 6.0 | |
| 11 | 
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 18 | |
| 11 | 
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.070 | 
| Copper (Cu), % | 52.5 to 57 | |
| 65.5 to 71 | 
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.5 | 
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.050 | 
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.3 | 
| Nickel (Ni), % | 43 to 46 | |
| 29 to 33 | 
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 | 
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.050 | 
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |