C82800 Copper vs. C96900 Copper-nickel
Both C82800 copper and C96900 copper-nickel are copper alloys. They have 77% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C82800 copper and the bottom bar is C96900 copper-nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.0 to 20 | |
| 4.5 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 46 | |
| 45 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 670 to 1140 | |
| 850 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 380 to 1000 | |
| 830 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 240 | |
| 210 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 310 | |
| 210 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 930 | |
| 1060 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 890 | |
| 960 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 380 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 18 | |
| 9.0 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 19 | |
| 9.2 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.7 | |
| 8.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 12 | |
| 4.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 190 | |
| 72 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 360 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 11 to 110 | |
| 38 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 590 to 4080 | |
| 2820 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.8 | |
| 7.7 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 36 | |
| 27 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 28 | |
| 23 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 to 39 | |
| 30 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |
| Beryllium (Be), % | 2.5 to 2.9 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0.15 to 0.7 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 94.6 to 97.2 | |
| 73.6 to 78 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.050 to 0.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 14.5 to 15.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.2 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 7.5 to 8.5 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.12 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |