EN 2.4654 Nickel vs. C70400 Copper-nickel
EN 2.4654 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while C70400 copper-nickel 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 2.4654 nickel and the bottom bar is C70400 copper-nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 120 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 45 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1250 | |
| 300 to 310 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 850 | |
| 95 to 230 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 210 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1000 | |
| 210 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1120 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1330 | |
| 1060 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 13 | |
| 64 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 75 | |
| 32 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.4 | |
| 8.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 10 | |
| 3.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
| 47 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 340 | |
| 300 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1810 | |
| 38 to 220 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 7.5 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 42 | |
| 9.3 to 9.8 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 31 | |
| 11 to 12 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.3 | |
| 18 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 37 | |
| 10 to 11 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 1.2 to 1.6 | |
| 0 |
| Boron (B), % | 0.0030 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.020 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 18 to 21 | |
| 0 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 12 to 15 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 89.8 to 93.6 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 1.3 to 1.7 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.3 to 0.8 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 3.5 to 5.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 50.6 to 62.5 | |
| 4.8 to 6.2 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 2.8 to 3.3 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0.020 to 0.080 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |