C15500 Copper vs. Grade CW6M Nickel
C15500 copper belongs to the copper alloys classification, while grade CW6M nickel belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C15500 copper and the bottom bar is grade CW6M nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 220 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 3.0 to 37 | |
| 29 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 43 | |
| 84 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 280 to 550 | |
| 560 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 130 to 530 | |
| 310 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 210 | |
| 330 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 200 | |
| 970 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1080 | |
| 1530 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1080 | |
| 1470 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 430 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 33 | |
| 65 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.9 | |
| 8.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 13 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 42 | |
| 170 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 360 | |
| 300 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 15 to 84 | |
| 140 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 72 to 1210 | |
| 220 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 8.6 to 17 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 11 to 17 | |
| 17 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 9.8 to 20 | |
| 16 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.070 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 17 to 20 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 99.75 to 99.853 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 3.0 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0.080 to 0.13 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 17 to 20 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 54.9 to 66 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0.040 to 0.080 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 0.027 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |