C15500 Copper vs. Monel K-500
C15500 copper belongs to the copper alloys classification, while Monel K-500 belongs to the nickel alloys. They have a modest 30% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C15500 copper and the bottom bar is Monel K-500.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 160 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 3.0 to 37 | |
| 25 to 36 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 43 | |
| 61 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 190 to 320 | |
| 430 to 700 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 280 to 550 | |
| 640 to 1100 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 130 to 530 | |
| 310 to 880 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 210 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 200 | |
| 900 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1080 | |
| 1350 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1080 | |
| 1320 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 440 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 350 | |
| 18 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 14 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 90 | |
| 3.1 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 91 | |
| 3.2 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 33 | |
| 50 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.9 | |
| 8.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 8.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 42 | |
| 120 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 360 | |
| 280 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 15 to 84 | |
| 180 to 260 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 72 to 1210 | |
| 300 to 2420 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 | |
| 10 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 8.6 to 17 | |
| 21 to 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 11 to 17 | |
| 19 to 27 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 100 | |
| 4.8 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 9.8 to 20 | |
| 21 to 36 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 2.3 to 3.2 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.18 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 99.75 to 99.853 | |
| 27 to 33 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0.080 to 0.13 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 63 to 70.4 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0.040 to 0.080 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 0.027 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0.35 to 0.85 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |