C14200 Copper vs. N06058 Nickel
C14200 copper belongs to the copper alloys classification, while N06058 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C14200 copper and the bottom bar is N06058 nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 220 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 8.0 to 45 | |
| 45 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 76 to 130 | |
| 350 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 43 | |
| 86 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 150 to 200 | |
| 600 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 220 to 370 | |
| 860 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 75 to 340 | |
| 410 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 210 | |
| 330 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 200 | |
| 980 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1080 | |
| 1540 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1030 | |
| 1490 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 420 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 190 | |
| 9.8 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 31 | |
| 70 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.9 | |
| 8.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 13 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 41 | |
| 170 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 29 to 83 | |
| 320 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 24 to 500 | |
| 370 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 6.8 to 11 | |
| 27 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 9.1 to 13 | |
| 23 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 56 | |
| 2.6 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 7.9 to 13 | |
| 23 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Arsenic (As), % | 0.15 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 20 to 23 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 99.4 to 99.835 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 19 to 21 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 52.2 to 61 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.020 to 0.15 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0.015 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |