C70600 Copper-nickel vs. AWS BAg-22
C70600 copper-nickel belongs to the copper alloys classification, while AWS BAg-22 belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals. They have a modest 22% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 17 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 C70600 copper-nickel and the bottom bar is AWS BAg-22.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 96 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 46 | |
| 36 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 290 to 570 | |
| 140 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 220 | |
| 150 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1150 | |
| 700 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1100 | |
| 680 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 320 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 21 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.9 | |
| 9.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.4 | |
| 48 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 51 | |
| 760 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.7 | |
| 5.9 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 17 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 9.1 to 18 | |
| 4.3 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 11 to 17 | |
| 6.6 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 9.8 to 19 | |
| 5.1 |
Alloy Composition
| Copper (Cu), % | 84.7 to 90 | |
| 15 to 17 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 1.0 to 1.8 | |
| 0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 7.0 to 8.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 9.0 to 11 | |
| 4.0 to 5.0 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 0 | |
| 48 to 50 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 21 to 25 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |