Grade N12MV Nickel vs. C53400 Bronze
Grade N12MV nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while C53400 bronze belongs to the copper alloys. There are 20 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade N12MV nickel and the bottom bar is C53400 bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 220 | |
| 110 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 84 | |
| 42 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 600 | |
| 330 to 720 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 200 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 900 | |
| 180 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1620 | |
| 1050 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1570 | |
| 950 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 380 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 10 | |
| 18 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 75 | |
| 32 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 9.2 | |
| 8.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 16 | |
| 3.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 200 | |
| 49 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 260 | |
| 350 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 7.0 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 | |
| 10 to 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 | |
| 12 to 20 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 | |
| 12 to 26 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.12 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 91.8 to 95.7 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 4.0 to 6.0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0.8 to 1.2 |
| 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 | |
| 3.5 to 5.8 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.2 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |