C18200 Copper vs. EN 2.4654 Nickel
C18200 copper belongs to the copper alloys classification, while EN 2.4654 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 27 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 C18200 copper and the bottom bar is EN 2.4654 nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 40 | |
| 17 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 44 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 210 to 320 | |
| 770 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 310 to 530 | |
| 1250 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 97 to 450 | |
| 850 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 210 | |
| 320 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 200 | |
| 1000 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1080 | |
| 1390 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1070 | |
| 1330 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 320 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 31 | |
| 75 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.9 | |
| 8.4 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 10 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 41 | |
| 150 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 340 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 43 to 96 | |
| 190 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 40 to 860 | |
| 1810 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.3 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 9.6 to 16 | |
| 42 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 11 to 16 | |
| 31 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 93 | |
| 3.3 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 11 to 18 | |
| 37 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 1.2 to 1.6 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0.0030 to 0.010 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0.020 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.6 to 1.2 | |
| 18 to 21 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 12 to 15 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 98.6 to 99.4 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 3.5 to 5.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 50.6 to 62.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 2.8 to 3.3 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 | |
| 0.020 to 0.080 |