N10001 Nickel vs. C96800 Copper
N10001 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while C96800 copper belongs to the copper alloys. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is N10001 nickel and the bottom bar is C96800 copper.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 220 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 45 | |
| 3.4 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 84 | |
| 46 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 780 | |
| 1010 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 350 | |
| 860 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 220 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 900 | |
| 220 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1620 | |
| 1120 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1570 | |
| 1060 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 10 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 75 | |
| 34 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 9.2 | |
| 8.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 15 | |
| 3.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 200 | |
| 52 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 260 | |
| 300 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 290 | |
| 33 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 280 | |
| 3000 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 7.6 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 | |
| 32 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
| 25 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 25 | |
| 35 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 to 2.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 87.1 to 90.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 4.0 to 6.0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.050 to 0.3 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 26 to 30 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 58 to 69.8 | |
| 9.5 to 10.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.0025 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.2 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |