C70700 Copper-nickel vs. AWS BNi-7
C70700 copper-nickel belongs to the copper alloys classification, while AWS BNi-7 belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 19 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (12, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C70700 copper-nickel and the bottom bar is AWS BNi-7.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 170 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.3 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 46 | |
| 67 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 320 | |
| 550 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 220 | |
| 280 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1120 | |
| 890 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1060 | |
| 890 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 490 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 34 | |
| 55 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.9 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.4 | |
| 8.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 52 | |
| 120 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 300 | |
| 240 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.6 | |
| 12 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 10 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 12 | |
| 19 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 | |
| 21 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.060 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 13 to 15 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 88.5 to 90.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 9.5 to 10.5 | |
| 73.3 to 77.3 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 9.7 to 10.5 |
| Selenium (Se), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |