N06255 Nickel vs. C82800 Copper
N06255 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while C82800 copper belongs to the copper alloys. There are 23 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is N06255 nickel and the bottom bar is C82800 copper.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 210 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 45 | |
| 1.0 to 20 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 81 | |
| 46 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 660 | |
| 670 to 1140 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 250 | |
| 380 to 1000 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 240 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1000 | |
| 310 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1470 | |
| 930 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 890 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 450 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.5 | |
| 8.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 9.4 | |
| 12 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 130 | |
| 190 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 270 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 230 | |
| 11 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 150 | |
| 590 to 4080 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 7.8 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 | |
| 21 to 36 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 20 to 28 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 | |
| 23 to 39 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Beryllium (Be), % | 0 | |
| 2.5 to 2.9 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 23 to 26 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.7 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 1.2 | |
| 94.6 to 97.2 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 6.0 to 24 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 6.0 to 9.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 47 to 52 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.69 | |
| 0 to 0.12 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 to 3.0 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |