C72700 Copper-nickel vs. N06110 Nickel
C72700 copper-nickel belongs to the copper alloys classification, while N06110 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C72700 copper-nickel and the bottom bar is N06110 nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 210 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 4.0 to 36 | |
| 53 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 44 | |
| 84 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 310 to 620 | |
| 530 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 460 to 1070 | |
| 730 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 580 to 1060 | |
| 330 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 210 | |
| 340 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 200 | |
| 1020 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1100 | |
| 1490 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 930 | |
| 1440 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 380 | |
| 440 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 36 | |
| 65 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.8 | |
| 8.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.0 | |
| 11 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 62 | |
| 160 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 350 | |
| 320 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 20 to 380 | |
| 320 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1420 to 4770 | |
| 260 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.4 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 14 to 34 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 15 to 26 | |
| 21 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 38 | |
| 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 28 to 33 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 82.1 to 86 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.050 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 9.0 to 12 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 8.5 to 9.5 | |
| 51 to 62 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 5.5 to 6.5 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 4.0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |