C15500 Copper vs. 50Cr-50Ni-Cb Alloy
C15500 copper belongs to the copper alloys classification, while 50Cr-50Ni-Cb alloy belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals. There are 21 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C15500 copper and the bottom bar is 50Cr-50Ni-Cb alloy.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 210 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 3.0 to 37 | |
| 5.6 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.26 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 43 | |
| 84 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 280 to 550 | |
| 620 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 130 to 530 | |
| 390 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 210 | |
| 350 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 15 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 33 | |
| 60 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.9 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 9.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 42 | |
| 130 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 360 | |
| 350 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 15 to 84 | |
| 30 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 72 to 1210 | |
| 370 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 | |
| 15 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 8.6 to 17 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 11 to 17 | |
| 20 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 9.8 to 20 | |
| 14 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 47 to 52 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 99.75 to 99.853 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0.080 to 0.13 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 43.3 to 51.6 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 1.4 to 1.7 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.16 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0.040 to 0.080 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 0.027 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |