C18600 Copper vs. Nickel 685
C18600 copper belongs to the copper alloys classification, while nickel 685 belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 27 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 C18600 copper and the bottom bar is nickel 685.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 8.0 to 11 | |
| 17 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 44 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 310 to 340 | |
| 770 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 520 to 580 | |
| 1250 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 500 to 520 | |
| 850 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 210 | |
| 320 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 200 | |
| 1000 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1090 | |
| 1380 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1070 | |
| 1330 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 280 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 31 | |
| 75 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.9 | |
| 8.4 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.9 | |
| 10 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 46 | |
| 140 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 340 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 44 to 58 | |
| 190 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1060 to 1180 | |
| 1820 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.3 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 16 to 18 | |
| 42 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 16 to 17 | |
| 31 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 81 | |
| 3.3 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 to 20 | |
| 37 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 1.2 to 1.6 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0.0030 to 0.010 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0.030 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.1 to 1.0 | |
| 18 to 21 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 12 to 15 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 96.5 to 99.55 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0.25 to 0.8 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 3.5 to 5.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 49.6 to 62.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.050 to 0.5 | |
| 2.8 to 3.3 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0.020 to 0.12 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0.050 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |