C82400 Copper vs. Nickel 725
C82400 copper belongs to the copper alloys classification, while nickel 725 belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C82400 copper and the bottom bar is nickel 725.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.0 to 20 | |
| 34 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 45 | |
| 78 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 500 to 1030 | |
| 860 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 260 to 970 | |
| 350 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 230 | |
| 320 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 270 | |
| 980 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1000 | |
| 1340 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 900 | |
| 1270 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 380 | |
| 440 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 25 | |
| 1.5 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 26 | |
| 1.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.8 | |
| 8.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.9 | |
| 13 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 140 | |
| 190 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 270 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 10 to 83 | |
| 240 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 270 to 3870 | |
| 300 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.6 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 16 to 33 | |
| 28 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 16 to 26 | |
| 24 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 to 36 | |
| 23 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Beryllium (Be), % | 1.6 to 1.9 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 19 to 22.5 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0.2 to 0.65 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 96 to 98.2 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 2.3 to 15.3 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 7.0 to 9.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 55 to 59 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 2.8 to 4.0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.12 | |
| 1.0 to 1.7 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |