H04 C16500 Copper vs. H04 C71000 Copper-nickel
Both H04 C16500 copper and H04 C71000 copper-nickel are copper alloys. Both are furnished in the H04 (full hard) temper. They have 77% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is H04 C16500 copper and the bottom bar is H04 C71000 copper-nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 130 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.33 |
| Rockwell B Hardness | 71 | |
| 80 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 43 | |
| 49 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 490 | |
| 500 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 210 | |
| 230 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 340 | |
| 240 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1070 | |
| 1200 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1010 | |
| 1150 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 380 | |
| 400 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 250 | |
| 43 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 15 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 60 | |
| 6.5 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 61 | |
| 6.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 31 | |
| 37 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.9 | |
| 8.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 4.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 42 | |
| 63 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 320 | |
| 290 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.1 | |
| 8.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 15 | |
| 16 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 15 | |
| 16 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 74 | |
| 12 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 | |
| 18 |
Alloy Composition
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0.6 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 97.8 to 98.9 | |
| 73.5 to 80.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0.5 to 1.0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 19 to 23 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0.5 to 0.7 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |