EN 1.4889 Cast Nickel vs. C61300 Bronze
EN 1.4889 cast nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while C61300 bronze belongs to the copper alloys. There are 24 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 EN 1.4889 cast nickel and the bottom bar is C61300 bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 3.4 | |
| 34 to 40 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.27 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 79 | |
| 43 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 500 | |
| 550 to 580 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 270 | |
| 230 to 310 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 350 | |
| 220 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1160 | |
| 210 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1360 | |
| 1050 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1320 | |
| 1040 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 420 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
| 18 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 55 | |
| 29 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 8.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.5 | |
| 3.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 120 | |
| 49 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 280 | |
| 370 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 14 | |
| 150 to 190 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 180 | |
| 230 to 410 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 7.5 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 | |
| 18 to 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 18 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 | |
| 19 to 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 6.0 to 7.5 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.35 to 0.45 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 32.5 to 37.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 88 to 91.8 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 10.5 to 21.2 | |
| 2.0 to 3.0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 1.0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 42 to 46 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 1.5 to 2.0 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 1.5 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.5 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |