Grade N12MV Nickel vs. C19000 Copper
Grade N12MV nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while C19000 copper belongs to the copper alloys. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade N12MV nickel and the bottom bar is C19000 copper.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 220 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 6.8 | |
| 2.5 to 50 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 84 | |
| 43 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 600 | |
| 260 to 760 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 310 | |
| 140 to 630 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 210 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 900 | |
| 200 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1620 | |
| 1080 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1570 | |
| 1040 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 10 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 75 | |
| 31 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 9.2 | |
| 8.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 16 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 200 | |
| 42 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 260 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 34 | |
| 18 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 220 | |
| 89 to 1730 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 | |
| 8.2 to 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 | |
| 10 to 21 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 | |
| 9.3 to 27 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.12 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 96.9 to 99 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 4.0 to 6.0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 26 to 30 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 60.2 to 69.8 | |
| 0.9 to 1.3 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.2 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.8 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |