C15900 Copper vs. 60Cr-40Ni Alloy
C15900 copper belongs to the copper alloys classification, while 60Cr-40Ni alloy belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals. There are 19 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C15900 copper and the bottom bar is 60Cr-40Ni alloy.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 220 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.25 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 43 | |
| 87 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 720 | |
| 870 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 240 | |
| 660 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 210 | |
| 370 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 490 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 16 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 30 | |
| 49 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.8 | |
| 7.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 45 | |
| 110 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 380 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 260 | |
| 1000 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 | |
| 16 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 23 | |
| 31 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 26 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 26 | |
| 18 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.76 to 0.84 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.27 to 0.33 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 58 to 62 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 97.5 to 97.9 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 34.5 to 42 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0.4 to 0.54 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.66 to 0.74 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |