C82800 Copper vs. Nickel 685
C82800 copper belongs to the copper alloys classification, while nickel 685 belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C82800 copper and the bottom bar is nickel 685.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.0 to 20 | |
| 17 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 46 | |
| 77 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 670 to 1140 | |
| 1250 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 380 to 1000 | |
| 850 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 240 | |
| 320 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 310 | |
| 1000 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 930 | |
| 1380 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 890 | |
| 1330 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 120 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.7 | |
| 8.4 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 12 | |
| 10 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 190 | |
| 140 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 340 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 11 to 110 | |
| 190 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 590 to 4080 | |
| 1820 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.8 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 36 | |
| 42 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 28 | |
| 31 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 36 | |
| 3.3 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 to 39 | |
| 37 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 1.2 to 1.6 |
| Beryllium (Be), % | 2.5 to 2.9 | |
| 0 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0.0030 to 0.010 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0.030 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 18 to 21 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0.15 to 0.7 | |
| 12 to 15 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 94.6 to 97.2 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 3.5 to 5.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 49.6 to 62.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.2 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.12 | |
| 2.8 to 3.3 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0.020 to 0.12 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |