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Nickel 685 vs. C81500 Copper

Nickel 685 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while C81500 copper belongs to the copper alloys. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is nickel 685 and the bottom bar is C81500 copper.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 350
110
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
120
Elongation at Break, % 17
17
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.34
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
44
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1250
350
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 850
280

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 320
210
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1000
200
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1380
1090
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1330
1080
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 460
390
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 13
320
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 12
17

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 75
31
Density, g/cm3 8.4
8.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 10
2.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 140
41
Embodied Water, L/kg 340
310

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 190
56
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 1820
330
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
7.3
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 23
18
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 42
11
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 31
12
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.3
91
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 37
12

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 1.2 to 1.6
0 to 0.1
Boron (B), % 0.0030 to 0.010
0
Carbon (C), % 0.030 to 0.1
0
Chromium (Cr), % 18 to 21
0.4 to 1.5
Cobalt (Co), % 12 to 15
0
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.5
97.4 to 99.6
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 0.1
Lead (Pb), % 0
0 to 0.020
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 3.5 to 5.0
0
Nickel (Ni), % 49.6 to 62.5
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.030
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.75
0 to 0.15
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0
Tin (Sn), % 0
0 to 0.1
Titanium (Ti), % 2.8 to 3.3
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0.020 to 0.12
0 to 0.1
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.5