C96700 Copper vs. C76200 Nickel Silver
Both C96700 copper and C76200 nickel silver are copper alloys. They have 72% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 22 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C96700 copper and the bottom bar is C76200 nickel silver.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 140 | |
| 120 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.31 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 53 | |
| 44 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1210 | |
| 390 to 790 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 190 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 310 | |
| 170 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1170 | |
| 1030 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1110 | |
| 980 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 400 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 30 | |
| 45 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 15 | |
| 19 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 90 | |
| 29 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.8 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 9.5 | |
| 3.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 140 | |
| 57 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 280 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 8.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 38 | |
| 13 to 27 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 29 | |
| 14 to 23 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 8.5 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 40 | |
| 13 to 26 |
Alloy Composition
| Beryllium (Be), % | 1.1 to 1.2 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 62.4 to 68.8 | |
| 57 to 61 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0.4 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.4 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 29 to 33 | |
| 11 to 13.5 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.15 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 24.2 to 32 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0.15 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |