50Cr-50Ni-Cb Alloy vs. C70400 Copper-nickel
50Cr-50Ni-Cb alloy belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while C70400 copper-nickel belongs to the copper alloys. There are 19 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is 50Cr-50Ni-Cb alloy and the bottom bar is C70400 copper-nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 210 | |
| 120 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.26 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 84 | |
| 45 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 620 | |
| 300 to 310 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 390 | |
| 95 to 230 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 350 | |
| 210 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 15 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 60 | |
| 32 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.0 | |
| 8.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 9.2 | |
| 3.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 130 | |
| 47 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 350 | |
| 300 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 370 | |
| 38 to 220 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 15 | |
| 7.5 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 | |
| 9.3 to 9.8 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 11 to 12 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 | |
| 10 to 11 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 47 to 52 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 89.8 to 93.6 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 1.3 to 1.7 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0.3 to 0.8 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 43.3 to 51.6 | |
| 4.8 to 6.2 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 1.4 to 1.7 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.16 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |