C40500 Penny Bronze vs. N08221 Nickel
C40500 penny bronze belongs to the copper alloys classification, while N08221 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C40500 penny bronze and the bottom bar is N08221 nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 3.0 to 49 | |
| 34 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 43 | |
| 79 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 210 to 310 | |
| 410 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 270 to 540 | |
| 610 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 79 to 520 | |
| 270 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 200 | |
| 310 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 190 | |
| 980 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1060 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1020 | |
| 1390 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 380 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 30 | |
| 44 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.8 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 43 | |
| 110 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 320 | |
| 240 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 16 to 110 | |
| 170 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 28 to 1200 | |
| 170 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 8.5 to 17 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 10 to 17 | |
| 19 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 9.5 to 19 | |
| 16 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 20 to 22 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 94 to 96 | |
| 1.5 to 3.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 22 to 33.9 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 5.0 to 6.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 39 to 46 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0.7 to 1.3 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0.6 to 1.0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 2.1 to 5.3 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |