Grade N12MV Nickel vs. C51900 Bronze
Grade N12MV nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while C51900 bronze belongs to the copper alloys. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade N12MV nickel and the bottom bar is C51900 bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 220 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 6.8 | |
| 14 to 29 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 84 | |
| 42 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 600 | |
| 380 to 620 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 310 | |
| 390 to 570 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 200 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 900 | |
| 180 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1620 | |
| 1040 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1570 | |
| 930 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 380 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 10 | |
| 18 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 75 | |
| 33 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 9.2 | |
| 8.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 16 | |
| 3.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 200 | |
| 51 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 260 | |
| 360 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 34 | |
| 55 to 180 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 220 | |
| 680 to 1450 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 7.0 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 | |
| 12 to 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 | |
| 13 to 18 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 | |
| 14 to 22 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.12 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 91.7 to 95 |
| 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 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0.030 to 0.35 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 5.0 to 7.0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.2 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |