Nickel 890 vs. C16200 Copper
Nickel 890 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while C16200 copper belongs to the copper alloys. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is nickel 890 and the bottom bar is C16200 copper.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 39 | |
| 2.0 to 56 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 180 | |
| 100 to 210 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 43 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 400 | |
| 190 to 390 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 590 | |
| 240 to 550 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 230 | |
| 48 to 470 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 330 | |
| 210 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1000 | |
| 370 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1080 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1340 | |
| 1030 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 380 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 47 | |
| 30 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.1 | |
| 9.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.2 | |
| 2.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 120 | |
| 41 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 250 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 180 | |
| 10 to 99 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 140 | |
| 10 to 970 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 20 | |
| 7.4 to 17 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 9.6 to 17 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 | |
| 8.7 to 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.050 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 | |
| 0.7 to 1.2 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.060 to 0.14 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 23.5 to 28.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 98.6 to 99.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 17.3 to 33.9 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 40 to 45 | |
| 0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.2 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 1.0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 0.1 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.15 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |