C55181 Copper vs. Type 3 Niobium
C55181 copper belongs to the copper alloys classification, while Type 3 niobium belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals. There are 14 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (14, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C55181 copper and the bottom bar is Type 3 niobium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 100 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.4 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 40 | |
| 38 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 200 | |
| 220 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 190 | |
| 310 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 410 | |
| 270 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 7.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.5 | |
| 8.6 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 290 | |
| 160 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.0 | |
| 6.8 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 6.5 | |
| 7.2 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 8.9 | |
| 9.5 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 8.2 | |
| 21 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 92.4 to 93 | |
| 0 |
| Hafnium (Hf), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0015 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 98.6 to 99.2 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 7.0 to 7.5 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 | |
| 0.8 to 1.2 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |