C55282 Copper vs. C70600 Copper-nickel
Both C55282 copper and C70600 copper-nickel are copper alloys. They have 87% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 18 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (13, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C55282 copper and the bottom bar is C70600 copper-nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 120 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 39 | |
| 46 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 180 | |
| 290 to 570 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 190 | |
| 220 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 200 | |
| 220 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 770 | |
| 1150 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 640 | |
| 1100 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 400 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.6 | |
| 8.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 7.0 | |
| 3.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 110 | |
| 51 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 6.8 | |
| 7.7 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 5.8 | |
| 9.1 to 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 8.2 | |
| 11 to 17 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 7.4 | |
| 9.8 to 19 |
Alloy Composition
| Copper (Cu), % | 87.7 to 88.7 | |
| 84.7 to 90 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 1.8 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 9.0 to 11 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 6.5 to 7.0 | |
| 0 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 4.8 to 5.2 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |