EN 2.4878 Nickel vs. C91000 Bronze
EN 2.4878 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while C91000 bronze belongs to the copper alloys. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 2.4878 nickel and the bottom bar is C91000 bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 13 to 17 | |
| 7.0 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 39 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1210 to 1250 | |
| 230 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 740 to 780 | |
| 150 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 330 | |
| 180 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1030 | |
| 160 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1370 | |
| 960 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1320 | |
| 820 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 360 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 11 | |
| 64 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 18 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 80 | |
| 37 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.3 | |
| 8.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 10 | |
| 4.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
| 67 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 370 | |
| 420 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 150 to 180 | |
| 14 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1370 to 1540 | |
| 100 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 6.8 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 41 to 42 | |
| 7.5 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 31 | |
| 9.7 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 2.8 | |
| 20 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 37 to 39 | |
| 8.8 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 1.2 to 1.6 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| 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 | |
| 84 to 86 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 43.6 to 52.2 | |
| 0 to 0.8 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.7 to 1.2 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.0070 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 14 to 16 |
| 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 0.6 |