CC212E Bronze vs. EN 2.4851 Nickel
CC212E bronze belongs to the copper alloys classification, while EN 2.4851 nickel belongs to the nickel 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 CC212E bronze and the bottom bar is EN 2.4851 nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 170 | |
| 190 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 130 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 20 | |
| 34 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 47 | |
| 76 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 710 | |
| 650 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 310 | |
| 230 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 230 | |
| 320 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 220 | |
| 1200 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1080 | |
| 1360 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1020 | |
| 1310 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 440 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 14 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 3.0 | |
| 1.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.3 | |
| 1.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 27 | |
| 49 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.4 | |
| 8.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 55 | |
| 120 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 370 | |
| 280 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 120 | |
| 170 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 390 | |
| 130 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 8.5 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 | |
| 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
| 20 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 22 | |
| 17 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 7.0 to 9.0 | |
| 1.0 to 1.7 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0060 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0.030 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 21 to 25 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 68 to 77 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 2.0 to 4.0 | |
| 7.7 to 18 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 8.0 to 15 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.5 to 4.5 | |
| 58 to 63 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |