O60 C19400 Copper vs. O60 C70620 Copper-nickel
Both O60 C19400 copper and O60 C70620 copper-nickel are copper alloys. Both are furnished in the O60 (soft annealed) temper. They have 90% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is O60 C19400 copper and the bottom bar is O60 C70620 copper-nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 37 | |
| 34 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 44 | |
| 46 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 210 | |
| 200 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 310 | |
| 300 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 98 | |
| 120 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 210 | |
| 220 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 200 | |
| 220 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1090 | |
| 1120 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1080 | |
| 1060 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 260 | |
| 49 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 30 | |
| 33 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.9 | |
| 8.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 3.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 40 | |
| 51 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 300 | |
| 300 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 88 | |
| 81 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 41 | |
| 56 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.3 | |
| 7.7 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 9.7 | |
| 9.3 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 11 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 75 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 11 | |
| 10 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 96.8 to 97.8 | |
| 86.5 to 90 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 2.1 to 2.6 | |
| 1.0 to 1.8 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 9.0 to 11 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0.015 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0.050 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |