C19000 Copper vs. Nickel 908
C19000 copper belongs to the copper alloys classification, while nickel 908 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 C19000 copper and the bottom bar is nickel 908.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 180 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.5 to 50 | |
| 11 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.3 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 43 | |
| 70 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 170 to 390 | |
| 800 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 260 to 760 | |
| 1340 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 140 to 630 | |
| 930 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 210 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 200 | |
| 920 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1080 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1040 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 250 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 8.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 31 | |
| 50 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.9 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 9.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 42 | |
| 140 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 170 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 18 to 110 | |
| 140 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 89 to 1730 | |
| 2340 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 | |
| 12 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 8.2 to 24 | |
| 45 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 10 to 21 | |
| 33 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 73 | |
| 2.9 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 9.3 to 27 | |
| 61 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0.75 to 1.3 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.012 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 3.8 to 4.5 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 96.9 to 99 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 35.6 to 44.6 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0.9 to 1.3 | |
| 47 to 51 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 2.7 to 3.3 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0.15 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 1.2 to 1.8 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.8 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |