Nickel 718 vs. C15500 Copper
Nickel 718 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while C15500 copper belongs to the copper alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is nickel 718 and the bottom bar is C15500 copper.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 12 to 50 | |
| 3.0 to 37 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 43 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 660 to 950 | |
| 190 to 320 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 930 to 1530 | |
| 280 to 550 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 510 to 1330 | |
| 130 to 530 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 310 | |
| 210 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 980 | |
| 200 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1340 | |
| 1080 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1260 | |
| 1080 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 450 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 11 | |
| 350 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.4 | |
| 90 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 1.5 | |
| 91 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 75 | |
| 33 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.3 | |
| 8.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 13 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 190 | |
| 42 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 250 | |
| 360 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 390 | |
| 15 to 84 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 660 to 4560 | |
| 72 to 1210 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 31 to 51 | |
| 8.6 to 17 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 to 35 | |
| 11 to 17 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.0 | |
| 100 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 27 to 44 | |
| 9.8 to 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.2 to 0.8 | |
| 0 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 to 0.0060 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 17 to 21 | |
| 0 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 99.75 to 99.853 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 11.1 to 24.6 | |
| 0 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 | |
| 0.080 to 0.13 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.8 to 3.3 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 50 to 55 | |
| 0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 4.8 to 5.5 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0.040 to 0.080 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 0 | |
| 0.027 to 0.1 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.65 to 1.2 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |