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Nickel 908 vs. C16200 Copper

Nickel 908 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while C16200 copper belongs to the copper alloys. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is nickel 908 and the bottom bar is C16200 copper.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 180
120
Elongation at Break, % 11
2.0 to 56
Fatigue Strength, MPa 450
100 to 210
Poisson's Ratio 0.3
0.34
Shear Modulus, GPa 70
43
Shear Strength, MPa 800
190 to 390
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1340
240 to 550
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 930
48 to 470

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
210
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 920
370
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1430
1080
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1030
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 460
380
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 11
360
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 8.6
17

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 50
30
Density, g/cm3 8.3
9.0
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 9.3
2.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 140
41
Embodied Water, L/kg 170
310

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 140
10 to 99
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 2340
10 to 970
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 12
7.2
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 23
18
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 45
7.4 to 17
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 33
9.6 to 17
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 2.9
100
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 61
8.7 to 20

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0.75 to 1.3
0
Boron (B), % 0 to 0.012
0
Cadmium (Cd), % 0
0.7 to 1.2
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0
Chromium (Cr), % 3.8 to 4.5
0
Cobalt (Co), % 0 to 0.5
0
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.5
98.6 to 99.3
Iron (Fe), % 35.6 to 44.6
0 to 0.2
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0
Nickel (Ni), % 47 to 51
0
Niobium (Nb), % 2.7 to 3.3
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.015
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.5
0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.0050
0
Titanium (Ti), % 1.2 to 1.8
0