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C16500 Copper vs. C75400 Nickel Silver

Both C16500 copper and C75400 nickel silver are copper alloys. They have 65% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is C16500 copper and the bottom bar is C75400 nickel silver.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 110
120
Elongation at Break, % 1.5 to 53
2.0 to 43
Poisson's Ratio 0.34
0.32
Rockwell Superficial 30T Hardness 67 to 73
27 to 77
Shear Modulus, GPa 43
46
Shear Strength, MPa 200 to 310
250 to 370
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 280 to 530
370 to 630
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 97 to 520
130 to 590

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 210
200
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 340
190
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1070
1080
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1010
1040
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 380
390
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 250
36
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
18

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 60
7.0
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 61
7.4

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 31
32
Density, g/cm3 8.9
8.5
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.6
3.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 42
59
Embodied Water, L/kg 320
300

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 7.8 to 110
12 to 120
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 41 to 1160
75 to 1450
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 7.1
7.9
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 18
19
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 8.6 to 17
12 to 21
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 11 to 16
13 to 19
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 74
11
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 9.8 to 19
12 to 21

Alloy Composition

Cadmium (Cd), % 0.6 to 1.0
0
Copper (Cu), % 97.8 to 98.9
63.5 to 66.5
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.020
0 to 0.25
Lead (Pb), % 0
0 to 0.1
Manganese (Mn), % 0
0 to 0.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0
14 to 16
Tin (Sn), % 0.5 to 0.7
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0
16.2 to 22.5
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.5

Comparable Variants