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Nickel 689 vs. C81500 Copper

Nickel 689 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while C81500 copper 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 C81500 copper.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 350
110
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 210
120
Elongation at Break, % 23
17
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.34
Shear Modulus, GPa 80
44
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1250
350
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 690
280

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 330
210
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 990
200
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1440
1090
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1390
1080
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 450
390
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 12
17

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 70
31
Density, g/cm3 8.5
8.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 11
2.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
41
Embodied Water, L/kg 330
310

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 240
56
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 1170
330
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
7.3
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 23
18
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 41
11
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 30
12
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 35
12

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0.75 to 1.3
0 to 0.1
Boron (B), % 0.0030 to 0.010
0
Carbon (C), % 0.1 to 0.2
0
Chromium (Cr), % 18 to 20
0.4 to 1.5
Cobalt (Co), % 9.0 to 11
0
Copper (Cu), % 0
97.4 to 99.6
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 5.0
0 to 0.1
Lead (Pb), % 0
0 to 0.020
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.5
0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 9.0 to 10.5
0
Nickel (Ni), % 48.3 to 60.9
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.015
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 0.15
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0
Tin (Sn), % 0
0 to 0.1
Titanium (Ti), % 2.3 to 2.8
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.1
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.5