C82800 Copper vs. AWS ERNiCr-3
C82800 copper belongs to the copper alloys classification, while AWS ERNiCr-3 belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 19 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C82800 copper and the bottom bar is AWS ERNiCr-3.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.0 to 20 | |
| 34 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 46 | |
| 75 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 670 to 1140 | |
| 630 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 240 | |
| 320 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 930 | |
| 1380 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 890 | |
| 1330 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.7 | |
| 8.4 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 12 | |
| 11 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 190 | |
| 160 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 280 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.8 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 36 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 28 | |
| 19 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 to 39 | |
| 18 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |
| Beryllium (Be), % | 2.5 to 2.9 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 18 to 22 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0.15 to 0.7 | |
| 0 to 0.12 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 94.6 to 97.2 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 3.0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 2.5 to 3.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 67 to 77.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 2.0 to 3.0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.2 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.12 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |