EN 2.4878 Nickel vs. C65100 Bronze
EN 2.4878 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while C65100 bronze belongs to the copper alloys. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 2.4878 nickel and the bottom bar is C65100 bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 13 to 17 | |
| 2.4 to 50 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 43 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 750 to 760 | |
| 200 to 350 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1210 to 1250 | |
| 280 to 560 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 740 to 780 | |
| 95 to 440 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 330 | |
| 230 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1030 | |
| 200 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1370 | |
| 1060 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1320 | |
| 1030 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 11 | |
| 57 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 18 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 80 | |
| 30 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.3 | |
| 8.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 10 | |
| 2.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
| 41 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 370 | |
| 300 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 150 to 180 | |
| 12 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1370 to 1540 | |
| 39 to 820 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 7.3 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 41 to 42 | |
| 8.7 to 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 31 | |
| 11 to 17 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 2.8 | |
| 16 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 37 to 39 | |
| 9.5 to 19 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 1.2 to 1.6 | |
| 0 |
| 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 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 94.5 to 99.2 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.8 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.7 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 43.6 to 52.2 | |
| 0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.7 to 1.2 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0.8 to 2.0 |
| 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 1.5 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0.030 to 0.070 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |