C72800 Copper-nickel vs. Automotive Malleable Cast Iron
C72800 copper-nickel belongs to the copper alloys classification, while automotive malleable cast iron belongs to the iron alloys. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C72800 copper-nickel and the bottom bar is automotive malleable cast iron.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 180 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 3.9 to 23 | |
| 1.0 to 10 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 44 | |
| 70 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 520 to 1270 | |
| 350 to 720 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 250 to 1210 | |
| 220 to 590 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 210 | |
| 260 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1080 | |
| 1410 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 920 | |
| 1370 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 380 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 55 | |
| 41 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 14 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 11 | |
| 7.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 11 | |
| 8.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 38 | |
| 1.9 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.8 | |
| 7.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.4 | |
| 1.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 68 | |
| 20 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 360 | |
| 45 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 37 to 99 | |
| 6.8 to 30 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 260 to 5650 | |
| 130 to 950 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.4 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 17 to 40 | |
| 13 to 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 16 to 30 | |
| 14 to 24 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 17 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 to 45 | |
| 9.9 to 21 |
Alloy Composition
Deprecated: Automatic conversion of false to array is deprecated in /home/public/compare.php on line 452
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Bismuth (Bi), % | 0 to 0.0010 | |
| 0 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 to 0.0010 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 2.2 to 2.9 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 78.3 to 82.8 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 93.6 to 96.7 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0.0050 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.050 to 0.3 | |
| 0.15 to 1.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 9.5 to 10.5 | |
| 0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.1 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0.020 to 0.15 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0.9 to 1.9 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.0025 | |
| 0.020 to 0.2 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 7.5 to 8.5 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |