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C12900 Copper vs. Nickel 890

C12900 copper belongs to the copper alloys classification, while nickel 890 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 C12900 copper and the bottom bar is nickel 890.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 120
200
Elongation at Break, % 2.8 to 50
39
Poisson's Ratio 0.34
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 43
78
Shear Strength, MPa 150 to 210
400
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 220 to 420
590
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 75 to 380
230

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 210
330
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 200
1000
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1080
1390
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1030
1340
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 390
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
14

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 32
47
Density, g/cm3 9.0
8.1
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.6
8.2
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 41
120
Embodied Water, L/kg 330
250

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 11 to 88
180
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 24 to 640
140
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 7.2
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 18
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 6.8 to 13
20
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 9.1 to 14
19
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 7.8 to 15
15

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0.050 to 0.6
Antimony (Sb), % 0 to 0.0030
0
Arsenic (As), % 0 to 0.012
0
Bismuth (Bi), % 0 to 0.0030
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0.060 to 0.14
Chromium (Cr), % 0
23.5 to 28.5
Copper (Cu), % 99.88 to 100
0 to 0.75
Iron (Fe), % 0
17.3 to 33.9
Lead (Pb), % 0 to 0.0040
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0
0 to 1.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
1.0 to 2.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.050
40 to 45
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0.2 to 1.0
Silicon (Si), % 0
1.0 to 2.0
Silver (Ag), % 0 to 0.054
0
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.015
Tantalum (Ta), % 0
0.1 to 0.6
Tellurium (Te), % 0 to 0.025
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0.15 to 0.6