Copper Nickel Alloy CuNi4/NC007/C72150/2.0842 for Resistance Elements with Optimal Performance in Harsh Environments
CuNi4 is a copper-nickel alloy composed of approximately 96% copper and 4% nickel, with small amounts of iron and manganese. It is known for its excellent corrosion resistance, particularly in marine environments, as well as its resistance to biofouling, erosion, and stress corrosion cracking. CuNi4 also has good thermal conductivity, making it suitable for heat exchange applications, and moderate electrical conductivity, which allows it to be used in certain electrical components.
This alloy offers a good balance of strength and ductility, making it easy to fabricate into various shapes such as pipes, fittings, and structural components. It is commonly used in marine applications for seawater piping, shipbuilding, and marine hardware. Additionally, CuNi4 is employed in heat exchangers, desalination plants, electrical connectors, and even coinage due to its durability and resistance to corrosion. Its ease of fabrication, combined with its corrosion and thermal properties, make CuNi4 a versatile and reliable choice for a range of industrial and marine applications.
GB | ISO | ASTM | DIN/EN |
CuNi4/NC007 | CuNi44Mn1 | C72150 | 2.0842 |
Main physical properties:
Some key features of CuNi-4 include:
Corrosion Resistance:
Thermal Conductivity:
Moderate Electrical Conductivity:
Strength and Ductility:
Resistance to Biofouling:
Weldability and Machinability:
Durability in Harsh Environments:
Longevity:
These features make CuNi4 a reliable material for marine, industrial, and architectural applications where corrosion resistance and durability are critical.
Applications:
CuNi4’s combination of corrosion resistance, mechanical properties, and ease of fabrication makes it an ideal choice for applications in marine, power generation, chemical processing, and architecture.
Main technical data
Type | CuNi1NC003 | CuNi2NC005 | CuNi4NC007 | CuNi6NC010 | CuNi8NC012 | CuMn3NC012 | CuNi10NC015 | CuNi14NC020 | CuNi19NC025 | CuNi23NC030 | CuNi30NC035 | CuNi34NC040 | CuNi44NC050 | |
Composition(%) | Cu | Rest | Rest | Rest | Rest | Rest | Rest | Rest | Rest | Rest | Rest | Rest | Rest | Rest |
Mn | / | / | / | / | / | 3 | / | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | |
Ni | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 14.2 | 19 | 23 | 30 | 34 | 44 | ||
Max.continuous operating temperature(℃) | 200 | 200· | 200 | 220 | 250 | 200 | 250 | 300 | 300 | 300 | 350 | 350 | 400 | |
Resistivity at 20℃(μ m) | 0.03 ±10% | 0.05 ±10% | 0.07 ±10% | 0.10 ±10% | 0.12 ±10% | 0.12 ±10% | 0.15 ±10% | 0.20 ±5% | 0.25 ±5% | 0.30 ±5% | 0.35 ±5% | 0.40 ±5% | 0.49 ±5% | |
Resisitance-temperature coefficient 20-600℃ (×10-5/℃) | < 100 | < 120 | < 50 | < 60 | < 57 | < 38 | < 50 | < 38 | < 25 | < 16 | < 10 | < -0 | < -6 | |
Thermovoltage to copper at 20℃ in (μV/K) | -8 | -12 | -12 | -18 | -22 | 1 | -25 | -28 | -32 | -34 | -37 | -39 | -43 | |
Mean coefficient of linear thermal expansion, in (10-6/K) , at a temperature between 20 ℃ and 400 ℃ | 17.5 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 18 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 17.0 | 16.0 | 15.0 | |
Thermal conductance at 20℃ (W/mK) | 145 | 130 | 130 | 92 | 75 | 84 | 59 | 48 | 38 | 33 | 27 | 25 | 23 | |
Specific heat capacity at 20℃ in (20℃ J/gK) | 0.38 | 0.38 | 0.38 | 0.38 | 0.38 | 0.39 | 0.38 | 0.38 | 0.38 | 0.38 | 0.39 | 0.40 | 0.41 | |
Density at 20 ℃(g/cm3) | 8.9 | 8.9 | 8.9 | 8.9 | 8.9 | 8.8 | 8.9 | 8.9 | 8.9 | 8.9 | 8.9 | 8.9 | 8.9 | |
Melting temperature in (℃) | 1085 | 1090 | 1090 | 1095 | 1097 | 1050 | 1100 | 1115 | 1135 | 1150 | 1170 | 1180 | 1280 | |
Min.tensile strength in (N/mm2) | 210 | 220 | 220 | 250 | 270 | 290 | 290 | 310 | 340 | 350 | 400 | 400 | 420 | |
Elongation(%) | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 |
Technical data table
Diameter(mm) | NC003 CuNi1 | NC005 CuNi2 | NC007 CuNi4 | NC010 CuNi6 | NC012 CuNi8 | NC015 CuNi10 | NC020 CuNi14 | NC025 CuNi19 | NC030 CuNi23 | NC035 CuNi30 | NC040 CuNi34 | NC050 CuNi44 |
0.10 | 3.82 | 6.36 | 8.91 | 12.73 | 15.28 | 19.09 | 25.46 | 31.83 | 38.19 | 44.56 | 50.93 | 62.39 |
0.11 | 3.16 | 5.26 | 7.37 | 10.52 | 12.63 | 15.78 | 21.04 | 26.30 | 31.56 | 36.82 | 42.09 | 51.56 |
0.12 | 2.65 | 4.42 | 6.19 | 8.84 | 10.61 | 13.26 | 17.68 | 22.10 | 26.52 | 30.94 | 35.37 | 43.33 |
0.13 | 2.26 | 3.76 | 5.27 | 7.53 | 9.04 | 11.30 | 15.07 | 18.83 | 22.60 | 26.36 | 30.14 | 36.92 |
0.14 | 1.95 | 3.24 | 4.55 | 6.49 | 7.80 | 9.74 | 12.99 | 16.24 | 19.48 | 22.73 | 25.98 | 31.83 |
0.15 | 1.70 | 2.82 | 3.96 | 5.65 | 6.79 | 8.48 | 11.31 | 14.14 | 16.97 | 19.80 | 22.64 | 27.73 |
0.16 | 1.49 | 2.48 | 3.48 | 4.97 | 5.97 | 7.46 | 9.95 | 12.43 | 14.92 | 17.40 | 19.89 | 24.37 |
0.17 | 1.32 | 2.20 | 3.08 | 4.40 | 5.29 | 6.60 | 8.81 | 11.01 | 13.21 | 15.41 | 17.62 | 21.59 |
0.18 | 1.18 | 1.96 | 2.75 | 3.92 | 4.72 | 5.89 | 7.86 | 9.82 | 11.78 | 13.75 | 15.72 | 19.26 |
0.19 | 1.06 | 1.76 | 2.47 | 3.52 | 4.23 | 5.29 | 7.05 | 8.81 | 10.58 | 12.34 | 14.11 | 17.28 |
0.20 | 0.95 | 1.59 | 2.23 | 3.18 | 3.82 | 4.77 | 6.36 | 7.95 | 9.54 | 11.14 | 12.73 | 15.60 |
0.21 | 0.87 | 1.44 | 2.02 | 2.88 | 3.46 | 4.33 | 5.77 | 7.21 | 8.66 | 10.10 | 11.55 | 14.15 |
0.22 | 0.79 | 1.31 | 1.84 | 2.63 | 3.16 | 3.94 | 5.26 | 6.57 | 7.89 | 9.20 | 10.52 | 12.89 |
0.23 | 0.72 | 1.20 | 1.68 | 2.40 | 2.89 | 3.61 | 4.81 | 6.01 | 7.22 | 8.42 | 9.63 | 11.79 |
0.24 | 0.66 | 1.10 | 1.55 | 2.21 | 2.65 | 3.31 | 4.42 | 5.52 | 6.63 | 7.73 | 8.84 | 10.83 |
0.25 | 0.61 | 1.01 | 1.43 | 2.03 | 2.44 | 3.05 | 4.07 | 5.09 | 6.11 | 7.13 | 8.15 | 9.98 |
0.26 | 0.57 | 0.94 | 1.32 | 1.88 | 2.26 | 2.82 | 3.77 | 4.70 | 5.65 | 6.59 | 7.53 | 9.23 |
0.27 | 0.52 | 0.87 | 1.22 | 1.74 | 2.10 | 2.61 | 3.49 | 4.36 | 5.23 | 6.11 | 6.99 | 8.56 |
0.28 | 0.49 | 0.81 | 1.14 | 1.62 | 1.95 | 2.43 | 3.25 | 4.06 | 4.87 | 5.68 | 6.50 | 7.96 |
0.29 | 0.45 | 0.75 | 1.06 | 1.51 | 1.82 | 2.27 | 3.03 | 3.78 | 4.54 | 5.29 | 6.06 | 7.42 |
0.30 | 0.42 | 0.70 | 0.99 | 1.41 | 1.70 | 2.12 | 2.83 | 3.53 | 4.24 | 4.95 | 5.66 | 6.93 |
0.31 | 0.40 | 0.66 | 0.93 | 1.32 | 1.59 | 1.98 | 2.65 | 3.31 | 3.97 | 4.63 | 5.30 | 6.49 |
0.32 | 0.37 | 0.62 | 0.87 | 1.24 | 1.49 | 1.86 | 2.49 | 3.11 | 3.73 | 4.35 | 4.97 | 6.09 |
0.33 | 0.35 | 0.58 | 0.82 | 1.17 | 1.40 | 1.75 | 2.34 | 2.92 | 3.51 | 4.09 | 4.68 | 5.73 |
0.34 | 0.33 | 0.55 | 0.77 | 1.10 | 1.32 | 1.65 | 2.20 | 2.75 | 3.30 | 3.85 | 4.41 | 5.40 |
0.35 | 0.31 | 0.51 | 0.73 | 1.03 | 1.25 | 1.55 | 2.08 | 2.60 | 3.11 | 3.63 | 4.16 | 5.09 |
0.36 | 0.29 | 0.49 | 0.69 | 0.98 | 1.18 | 1.47 | 1.96 | 2.46 | 2.94 | 3.43 | 3.93 | 4.81 |
0.37 | 0.28 | 0.46 | 0.65 | 0.93 | 1.12 | 1.39 | 1.86 | 2.33 | 2.79 | 3.25 | 3.72 | 4.56 |
0.38 | 0.26 | 0.44 | 0.62 | 0.88 | 1.06 | 1.32 | 1.76 | 2.20 | 2.64 | 3.08 | 3.53 | 4.32 |
0.40 | 0.24 | 0.39 | 0.56 | 0.79 | 0.95 | 1.19 | 1.59 | 1.99 | 2.38 | 2.78 | 3.18 | 3.90 |
0.41 | 0.23 | 0.37 | 0.53 | 0.76 | 0.91 | 1.13 | 1.51 | 1.89 | 2.27 | 2.65 | 3.03 | 3.71 |
0.42 | 0.22 | 0.36 | 0.51 | 0.72 | 0.87 | 1.08 | 1.44 | 1.80 | 2.16 | 2.52 | 2.89 | 3.54 |
0.43 | 0.21 | 0.34 | 0.48 | 0.69 | 0.83 | 1.03 | 1.38 | 1.72 | 2.06 | 2.41 | 2.75 | 3.37 |
0.44 | 0.20 | 0.32 | 0.46 | 0.66 | 0.79 | 0.98 | 1.31 | 1.64 | 1.97 | 2.30 | 2.63 | 3.22 |
0.45 | 0.19 | 0.31 | 0.44 | 0.63 | 0.75 | 0.94 | 1.26 | 1.57 | 1.88 | 2.20 | 2.52 | 3.08 |
0.46 | 0.18 | 0.30 | 0.42 | 0.60 | 0.72 | 0.90 | 1.20 | 1.50 | 1.80 | 2.10 | 2.41 | 2.95 |
0.47 | 0.17 | 0.28 | 0.40 | 0.58 | 0.69 | 0.86 | 1.15 | 1.44 | 1.72 | 2.01 | 2.31 | 2.82 |
0.48 | 0.17 | 0.27 | 0.39 | 0.55 | 0.66 | 0.82 | 1.10 | 1.38 | 1.65 | 1.93 | 2.21 | 2.71 |
0.49 | 0.16 | 0.26 | 0.37 | 0.53 | 0.64 | 0.79 | 1.06 | 1.33 | 1.59 | 1.85 | 2.12 | 2.60 |
0.50 | 0.15 | 0.25 | 0.36 | 0.51 | 0.61 | 0.76 | 1.01 | 1.27 | 1.52 | 1.78 | 2.04 | 2.50 |
0.51 | 0.15 | 0.24 | 0.34 | 0.49 | 0.59 | 0.73 | 0.98 | 1.22 | 1.46 | 1.71 | 1.96 | 2.40 |
0.52 | 0.14 | 0.23 | 0.33 | 0.47 | 0.57 | 0.70 | 0.94 | 1.18 | 1.41 | 1.65 | 1.88 | 2.31 |
0.53 | 0.14 | 0.22 | 0.32 | 0.45 | 0.54 | 0.67 | 0.91 | 1.13 | 1.35 | 1.59 | 1.81 | 2.22 |
0.54 | 0.13 | 0.22 | 0.31 | 0.44 | 0.52 | 0.65 | 0.87 | 1.09 | 1.30 | 1.53 | 1.75 | 2.14 |
0.55 | 0.13 | 0.21 | 0.29 | 0.42 | 0.51 | 0.63 | 0.84 | 1.05 | 1.26 | 1.47 | 1.68 | 2.06 |
0.56 | 0.12 | 0.20 | 0.28 | 0.41 | 0.49 | 0.60 | 0.81 | 1.02 | 1.21 | 1.42 | 1.62 | 1.99 |
0.57 | 0.12 | 0.19 | 0.27 | 0.39 | 0.47 | 0.58 | 0.78 | 0.98 | 1.17 | 1.37 | 1.57 | 1.92 |
0.58 | 0.11 | 0.19 | 0.27 | 0.38 | 0.45 | 0.56 | 0.76 | 0.95 | 1.13 | 1.32 | 1.51 | 1.85 |
0.59 | 0.11 | 0.18 | 0.26 | 0.37 | 0.44 | 0.54 | 0.73 | 0.91 | 1.09 | 1.28 | 1.46 | 1.79 |
0.60 | 0.11 | 0.18 | 0.25 | 0.35 | 0.42 | 0.53 | 0.71 | 0.88 | 1.06 | 1.24 | 1.41 | 1.73 |