Nickel 689 vs. CC481K Bronze
Nickel 689 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while CC481K bronze belongs to the copper alloys. There are 25 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 nickel 689 and the bottom bar is CC481K bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 350 | |
| 90 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 210 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 23 | |
| 4.5 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 80 | |
| 40 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1250 | |
| 350 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 690 | |
| 180 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 330 | |
| 190 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 990 | |
| 170 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1000 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 880 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 450 | |
| 370 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 18 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 70 | |
| 35 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.5 | |
| 8.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 11 | |
| 3.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
| 60 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 330 | |
| 390 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 240 | |
| 13 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1170 | |
| 150 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 6.9 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 41 | |
| 11 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 30 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 35 | |
| 13 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.75 to 1.3 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Boron (B), % | 0.0030 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.1 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 18 to 20 | |
| 0 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 9.0 to 11 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 87 to 89.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 5.0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 9.0 to 10.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 48.3 to 60.9 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 10 to 11.5 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 2.3 to 2.8 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |