C19025 Copper vs. Nickel 601
C19025 copper belongs to the copper alloys classification, while nickel 601 belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 26 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 C19025 copper and the bottom bar is nickel 601.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 8.0 to 17 | |
| 10 to 38 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 43 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 300 to 360 | |
| 440 to 530 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 480 to 620 | |
| 660 to 890 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 210 | |
| 320 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 200 | |
| 1100 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1080 | |
| 1410 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1020 | |
| 1360 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 380 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 160 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 14 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 40 | |
| 1.5 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 40 | |
| 1.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 31 | |
| 49 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.9 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.8 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 44 | |
| 110 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 320 | |
| 280 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 15 to 19 | |
| 22 to 30 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 15 to 18 | |
| 20 to 25 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 47 | |
| 2.8 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 to 22 | |
| 17 to 23 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 1.7 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 21 to 25 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 97.1 to 98.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
| 7.7 to 20 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0.8 to 1.2 | |
| 58 to 63 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0.030 to 0.070 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0.7 to 1.1 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |