N06045 Nickel vs. C12900 Copper
N06045 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while C12900 copper belongs to the copper alloys. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is N06045 nickel and the bottom bar is C12900 copper.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 37 | |
| 2.8 to 50 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 43 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 470 | |
| 150 to 210 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 690 | |
| 220 to 420 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 270 | |
| 75 to 380 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 350 | |
| 210 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1010 | |
| 200 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1350 | |
| 1080 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1300 | |
| 1030 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 42 | |
| 32 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.0 | |
| 9.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 6.9 | |
| 2.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 98 | |
| 41 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 250 | |
| 330 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 200 | |
| 11 to 88 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 180 | |
| 24 to 640 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 | |
| 6.8 to 13 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 9.1 to 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 18 | |
| 7.8 to 15 |
Alloy Composition
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0030 |
| Arsenic (As), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.012 |
| Bismuth (Bi), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0030 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.050 to 0.12 | |
| 0 |
| Cerium (Ce), % | 0.030 to 0.090 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 26 to 29 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 99.88 to 100 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 21 to 25 | |
| 0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0040 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 45 to 50.4 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 2.5 to 3.0 | |
| 0 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.054 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Tellurium (Te), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |