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C81500 Copper vs. Nickel 685

C81500 copper belongs to the copper alloys classification, while nickel 685 belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 27 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 C81500 copper and the bottom bar is nickel 685.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 110
350
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 120
200
Elongation at Break, % 17
17
Poisson's Ratio 0.34
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 44
77
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 350
1250
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 280
850

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 210
320
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 200
1000
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1090
1380
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1080
1330
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 390
460
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 320
13
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
12

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 31
75
Density, g/cm3 8.9
8.4
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.6
10
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 41
140
Embodied Water, L/kg 310
340

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 56
190
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 330
1820
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 7.3
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 18
23
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 11
42
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 12
31
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 91
3.3
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12
37

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0 to 0.1
1.2 to 1.6
Boron (B), % 0
0.0030 to 0.010
Carbon (C), % 0
0.030 to 0.1
Chromium (Cr), % 0.4 to 1.5
18 to 21
Cobalt (Co), % 0
12 to 15
Copper (Cu), % 97.4 to 99.6
0 to 0.5
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 2.0
Lead (Pb), % 0 to 0.020
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
3.5 to 5.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
49.6 to 62.5
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.15
0 to 0.75
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.030
Tin (Sn), % 0 to 0.1
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0
2.8 to 3.3
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.1
0.020 to 0.12
Residuals, % 0 to 0.5
0