C82200 Copper vs. C74000 Nickel Silver
Both C82200 copper and C74000 nickel silver are copper alloys. They have 73% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 23 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 C82200 copper and the bottom bar is C74000 nickel silver.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 120 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.32 |
| Rockwell B Hardness | 60 to 96 | |
| 70 to 88 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 44 | |
| 44 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 390 to 660 | |
| 380 to 590 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 220 | |
| 200 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 230 | |
| 180 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1080 | |
| 990 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1040 | |
| 950 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 18 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 45 | |
| 40 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 46 | |
| 42 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 55 | |
| 30 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.9 | |
| 8.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.8 | |
| 3.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 74 | |
| 54 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.4 | |
| 7.7 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 12 to 20 | |
| 13 to 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 13 to 19 | |
| 14 to 18 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 23 | |
| 13 to 19 |
Alloy Composition
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| Beryllium (Be), % | 0.35 to 0.8 | |
| 0 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 97.4 to 98.7 | |
| 69 to 73.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.0 to 2.0 | |
| 9.0 to 11 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 14.2 to 22 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |