N07776 Nickel vs. C96700 Copper
N07776 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while C96700 copper 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 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is N07776 nickel and the bottom bar is C96700 copper.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 140 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 39 | |
| 10 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 79 | |
| 53 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 700 | |
| 1210 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 270 | |
| 550 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 970 | |
| 310 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1550 | |
| 1170 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1500 | |
| 1110 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 430 | |
| 400 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 15 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 85 | |
| 90 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.6 | |
| 8.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 15 | |
| 9.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 210 | |
| 140 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 270 | |
| 280 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 220 | |
| 99 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 180 | |
| 1080 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 8.9 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 | |
| 38 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 29 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 20 | |
| 40 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 |
| Beryllium (Be), % | 0 | |
| 1.1 to 1.2 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 12 to 22 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 62.4 to 68.8 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 24.5 | |
| 0.4 to 1.0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.4 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 9.0 to 15 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 50 to 60 | |
| 29 to 33 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 4.0 to 6.0 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0.5 to 2.5 | |
| 0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |