N10001 Nickel vs. C82600 Copper
N10001 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while C82600 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 N10001 nickel and the bottom bar is C82600 copper.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 220 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 45 | |
| 1.0 to 20 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 84 | |
| 46 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 780 | |
| 570 to 1140 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 350 | |
| 320 to 1070 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 240 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 900 | |
| 300 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1620 | |
| 950 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1570 | |
| 860 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 10 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 9.2 | |
| 8.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 15 | |
| 11 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 200 | |
| 180 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 260 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 290 | |
| 11 to 97 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 280 | |
| 430 to 4690 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 7.8 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 | |
| 18 to 36 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
| 17 to 28 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 25 | |
| 19 to 39 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Beryllium (Be), % | 0 | |
| 2.3 to 2.6 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 to 2.5 | |
| 0.35 to 0.65 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 94.9 to 97.2 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 4.0 to 6.0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 26 to 30 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 58 to 69.8 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 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 | |
| 0 to 0.12 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.2 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |