C17000 Copper vs. 60Cr-40Ni Alloy
C17000 copper belongs to the copper alloys classification, while 60Cr-40Ni alloy belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals. There are 18 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (12, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C17000 copper and the bottom bar is 60Cr-40Ni alloy.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 220 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.25 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 45 | |
| 87 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 490 to 1310 | |
| 870 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 160 to 1140 | |
| 660 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 230 | |
| 370 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 490 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 16 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.7 | |
| 7.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 140 | |
| 110 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 380 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 110 to 5420 | |
| 1000 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.6 | |
| 16 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 15 to 41 | |
| 31 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 16 to 30 | |
| 26 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 to 45 | |
| 18 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Beryllium (Be), % | 1.6 to 1.8 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 58 to 62 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 96.3 to 98.2 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0.2 to 0.6 | |
| 34.5 to 42 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |