TB00 C15000 Copper vs. TB00 C72700 Copper-nickel
Both TB00 C15000 copper and TB00 C72700 copper-nickel are copper alloys. Both are furnished in the TB00 (solution heat treated) temper. They have 84% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is TB00 C15000 copper and the bottom bar is TB00 C72700 copper-nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 54 | |
| 36 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 43 | |
| 44 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 150 | |
| 310 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 200 | |
| 460 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 210 | |
| 210 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1080 | |
| 1100 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 980 | |
| 930 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 380 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 370 | |
| 54 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 93 | |
| 11 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 93 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 31 | |
| 36 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 9.0 | |
| 8.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 4.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 43 | |
| 62 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 350 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 80 | |
| 20 to 380 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 8.7 | |
| 1420 to 4770 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 | |
| 7.4 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 6.2 | |
| 14 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 8.5 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 110 | |
| 16 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 7.3 | |
| 16 |
Alloy Composition
| Copper (Cu), % | 99.8 to 99.9 | |
| 82.1 to 86 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.050 to 0.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 8.5 to 9.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 5.5 to 6.5 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0.1 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |