C82400 Copper vs. EN 2.4878 Nickel
C82400 copper belongs to the copper alloys classification, while EN 2.4878 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 C82400 copper and the bottom bar is EN 2.4878 nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.0 to 20 | |
| 13 to 17 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 45 | |
| 78 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 500 to 1030 | |
| 1210 to 1250 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 260 to 970 | |
| 740 to 780 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 230 | |
| 330 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 270 | |
| 1030 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1000 | |
| 1370 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 900 | |
| 1320 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 380 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 130 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.8 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.9 | |
| 10 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 140 | |
| 150 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 370 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 10 to 83 | |
| 150 to 180 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 270 to 3870 | |
| 1370 to 1540 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.6 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 16 to 33 | |
| 41 to 42 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 16 to 26 | |
| 31 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 39 | |
| 2.8 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 to 36 | |
| 37 to 39 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 1.2 to 1.6 |
| Beryllium (Be), % | 1.6 to 1.9 | |
| 0 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0.010 to 0.015 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0.030 to 0.070 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 23 to 25 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0.2 to 0.65 | |
| 19 to 21 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 96 to 98.2 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 2.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 43.6 to 52.2 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.7 to 1.2 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0070 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.12 | |
| 2.8 to 3.2 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 | |
| 0.030 to 0.070 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |