C12600 Copper vs. N10001 Nickel
C12600 copper belongs to the copper alloys classification, while N10001 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 25 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 C12600 copper and the bottom bar is N10001 nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 220 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 56 | |
| 45 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.31 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 56 | |
| 84 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 190 | |
| 550 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 270 | |
| 780 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 69 | |
| 350 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 210 | |
| 320 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 200 | |
| 900 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1080 | |
| 1620 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1030 | |
| 1570 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 10 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 30 | |
| 75 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.9 | |
| 9.2 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 15 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 41 | |
| 200 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 260 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 | |
| 290 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 21 | |
| 280 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 8.2 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 10 | |
| 21 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 9.5 | |
| 25 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 2.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 99.5 to 99.8 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
| 4.0 to 6.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 26 to 30 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 58 to 69.8 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0.2 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.4 |