N08221 Nickel vs. C14200 Copper
N08221 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while C14200 copper belongs to the copper alloys. There are 26 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 N08221 nickel and the bottom bar is C14200 copper.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 34 | |
| 8.0 to 45 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 190 | |
| 76 to 130 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 79 | |
| 43 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 410 | |
| 150 to 200 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 610 | |
| 220 to 370 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 270 | |
| 75 to 340 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 310 | |
| 210 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 980 | |
| 200 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1080 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1030 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 44 | |
| 31 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.3 | |
| 8.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 7.9 | |
| 2.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 110 | |
| 41 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 240 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 170 | |
| 29 to 83 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 170 | |
| 24 to 500 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 | |
| 6.8 to 11 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 9.1 to 13 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 | |
| 7.9 to 13 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Arsenic (As), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.5 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 20 to 22 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 1.5 to 3.0 | |
| 99.4 to 99.835 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 22 to 33.9 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 5.0 to 6.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 39 to 46 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0.015 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.6 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |