C17000 Copper vs. Nickel 200
C17000 copper belongs to the copper alloys classification, while nickel 200 belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C17000 copper and the bottom bar is nickel 200.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 180 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.1 to 31 | |
| 23 to 44 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.31 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 45 | |
| 70 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 320 to 750 | |
| 300 to 340 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 490 to 1310 | |
| 420 to 540 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 160 to 1140 | |
| 120 to 370 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 230 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 270 | |
| 900 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 980 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 870 | |
| 1440 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 450 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 110 | |
| 69 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 22 | |
| 18 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 22 | |
| 18 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.8 | |
| 8.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.7 | |
| 11 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 140 | |
| 150 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 230 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 4.2 to 390 | |
| 110 to 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 110 to 5420 | |
| 42 to 370 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.6 | |
| 11 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 15 to 41 | |
| 13 to 17 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 16 to 30 | |
| 14 to 17 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 32 | |
| 17 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 to 45 | |
| 13 to 16 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Beryllium (Be), % | 1.6 to 1.8 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 96.3 to 98.2 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0.2 to 0.6 | |
| 99 to 100 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |