C70400 Copper-nickel vs. EN 2.4878 Nickel
C70400 copper-nickel belongs to the copper alloys classification, while EN 2.4878 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C70400 copper-nickel and the bottom bar is EN 2.4878 nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 200 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 45 | |
| 78 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 300 to 310 | |
| 1210 to 1250 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 95 to 230 | |
| 740 to 780 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 210 | |
| 330 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 210 | |
| 1030 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1120 | |
| 1370 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1060 | |
| 1320 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 64 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 32 | |
| 80 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.9 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.0 | |
| 10 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 47 | |
| 150 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 300 | |
| 370 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 38 to 220 | |
| 1370 to 1540 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.5 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 9.3 to 9.8 | |
| 41 to 42 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 11 to 12 | |
| 31 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 18 | |
| 2.8 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 10 to 11 | |
| 37 to 39 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 1.2 to 1.6 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0.010 to 0.015 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0.030 to 0.070 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 23 to 25 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 19 to 21 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 89.8 to 93.6 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 1.3 to 1.7 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.8 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 2.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 4.8 to 6.2 | |
| 43.6 to 52.2 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.7 to 1.2 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0070 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 2.8 to 3.2 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 | |
| 0.030 to 0.070 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |