C82200 Copper vs. Nickel 59
C82200 copper belongs to the copper alloys classification, while nickel 59 belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 26 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 C82200 copper and the bottom bar is nickel 59.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 220 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 8.0 to 20 | |
| 50 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 44 | |
| 84 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 390 to 660 | |
| 780 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 210 to 520 | |
| 350 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 220 | |
| 330 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 230 | |
| 990 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1080 | |
| 1500 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1040 | |
| 1450 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 430 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 180 | |
| 10 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 55 | |
| 65 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.9 | |
| 8.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.8 | |
| 12 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 74 | |
| 160 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 49 to 66 | |
| 320 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 180 to 1130 | |
| 280 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.4 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 12 to 20 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 13 to 19 | |
| 22 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 53 | |
| 2.7 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 23 | |
| 15 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.4 |
| Beryllium (Be), % | 0.35 to 0.8 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 22 to 24 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 97.4 to 98.7 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 15 to 16.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.0 to 2.0 | |
| 56.2 to 62.9 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |