C72800 Copper-nickel vs. Grade CW12MW Nickel
C72800 copper-nickel belongs to the copper alloys classification, while grade CW12MW nickel belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C72800 copper-nickel and the bottom bar is grade CW12MW nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 220 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 3.9 to 23 | |
| 4.6 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 44 | |
| 85 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 520 to 1270 | |
| 560 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 250 to 1210 | |
| 310 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 210 | |
| 320 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 200 | |
| 960 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1080 | |
| 1610 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 920 | |
| 1560 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 380 | |
| 410 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 38 | |
| 70 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.8 | |
| 9.1 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.4 | |
| 13 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 68 | |
| 180 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 360 | |
| 280 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 37 to 99 | |
| 22 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 260 to 5650 | |
| 220 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.4 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 17 to 40 | |
| 17 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 16 to 30 | |
| 17 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 to 45 | |
| 16 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Bismuth (Bi), % | 0 to 0.0010 | |
| 0 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 to 0.0010 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.12 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 15.5 to 17.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 78.3 to 82.8 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 4.5 to 7.5 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0.0050 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.050 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 16 to 18 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 9.5 to 10.5 | |
| 49.2 to 60.1 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.1 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.0025 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 7.5 to 8.5 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 3.8 to 5.3 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.4 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |