EN 2.4851 Nickel vs. C18200 Copper
EN 2.4851 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while C18200 copper belongs to the copper alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 2.4851 nickel and the bottom bar is C18200 copper.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 34 | |
| 11 to 40 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 44 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 430 | |
| 210 to 320 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 650 | |
| 310 to 530 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 230 | |
| 97 to 450 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 210 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1200 | |
| 200 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1360 | |
| 1080 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1310 | |
| 1070 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 11 | |
| 320 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
| 18 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.4 | |
| 80 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 1.6 | |
| 81 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 49 | |
| 31 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 8.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.1 | |
| 2.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 120 | |
| 41 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 280 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 170 | |
| 43 to 96 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 130 | |
| 40 to 860 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 7.3 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 | |
| 9.6 to 16 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 11 to 16 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 2.9 | |
| 93 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 | |
| 11 to 18 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 1.0 to 1.7 | |
| 0 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 to 0.0060 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.030 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 21 to 25 | |
| 0.6 to 1.2 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 98.6 to 99.4 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 7.7 to 18 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 58 to 63 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |