EN 2.4878 Nickel vs. C63800 Bronze
EN 2.4878 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while C63800 bronze belongs to the copper alloys. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 2.4878 nickel and the bottom bar is C63800 bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 13 to 17 | |
| 7.9 to 41 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 43 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 750 to 760 | |
| 320 to 500 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1210 to 1250 | |
| 460 to 1010 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 330 | |
| 240 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1030 | |
| 200 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1370 | |
| 1030 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1320 | |
| 1000 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 410 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 11 | |
| 40 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 80 | |
| 30 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.3 | |
| 8.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 10 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
| 45 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 370 | |
| 330 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 7.4 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 41 to 42 | |
| 15 to 33 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 31 | |
| 15 to 26 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 2.8 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 37 to 39 | |
| 17 to 36 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 1.2 to 1.6 | |
| 2.5 to 3.1 |
| Boron (B), % | 0.010 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.030 to 0.070 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 23 to 25 | |
| 0 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 19 to 21 | |
| 0.25 to 0.55 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 92.4 to 95.8 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 43.6 to 52.2 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.7 to 1.2 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 1.5 to 2.1 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.0070 | |
| 0 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 2.8 to 3.2 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.8 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0.030 to 0.070 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |