N06250 Nickel vs. C71500 Copper-nickel
N06250 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while C71500 copper-nickel belongs to the copper alloys. They have a modest 33% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 20 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (12, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is N06250 nickel and the bottom bar is C71500 copper-nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 210 | |
| 140 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 82 | |
| 52 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 710 | |
| 380 to 620 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 230 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 980 | |
| 260 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1490 | |
| 1240 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1170 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 440 | |
| 400 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 16 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 55 | |
| 41 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.6 | |
| 8.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 10 | |
| 5.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 140 | |
| 74 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 270 | |
| 280 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 8.6 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 23 | |
| 12 to 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
| 13 to 18 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 | |
| 12 to 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 20 to 23 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0.25 to 1.3 | |
| 63.5 to 70.6 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 7.4 to 19.4 | |
| 0.4 to 1.0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 10.1 to 12 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 50 to 54 | |
| 29 to 33 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.090 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0.25 to 1.3 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |