MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

N06230 Nickel vs. C55180 Copper

N06230 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while C55180 copper belongs to the copper alloys. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is N06230 nickel and the bottom bar is C55180 copper.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 210
110
Elongation at Break, % 38 to 48
20
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.34
Shear Modulus, GPa 83
41
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 620 to 840
200
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 330 to 400
100

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 310
200
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 990
200
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1370
920
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1300
710
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 420
400
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 8.9
200
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
17

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 85
29
Density, g/cm3 9.5
8.6
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 11
2.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 160
39
Embodied Water, L/kg 290
290

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 200 to 330
34
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 250 to 380
48
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 12
7.1
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 21
18
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 18 to 25
6.4
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 17 to 21
8.8
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 2.3
56
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 17 to 23
7.9

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0.2 to 0.5
0
Boron (B), % 0 to 0.015
0
Carbon (C), % 0.050 to 0.15
0
Chromium (Cr), % 20 to 24
0
Cobalt (Co), % 0 to 5.0
0
Copper (Cu), % 0
94.7 to 95.2
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 3.0
0
Lanthanum (La), % 0.0050 to 0.050
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0.3 to 1.0
0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 1.0 to 3.0
0
Nickel (Ni), % 47.5 to 65.2
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.030
4.8 to 5.2
Silicon (Si), % 0.25 to 0.75
0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0
Tungsten (W), % 13 to 15
0
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.15