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Sandvik Cuprothal 15 Resistance Wire
Categories: Metal; Nonferrous Metal; Copper Alloy

Material Notes: NIKROTHAL 40 is used as electric heating element material in domestic appliances and other electric heating equipment at operating temperatures up to 1100°C (2010°F). It has good ductility after use, good corrosion resistance except in sulphur containing atmospheres and certain controlled atmospheres and excellent weldability.

Typical applications for NIKROTHAL 40 are night-storage heaters, convection heaters, heavy duty rheostats and fan heaters. NIKROTHAL 40 is also used in heating cables and rope heaters in defrosting and de-icing elements, electric blankets and pads, car seats, baseboard heaters, floor heaters, resistors, etc.

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Physical PropertiesOriginal ValueComments
Density 8.90 g/cc
 
Mechanical PropertiesOriginal ValueComments
Tensile Strength, Ultimate 300 MPa
@Thickness 1.00 mm
Tensile Strength, Yield 130 MPa
@Strain 0.2 %,
Thickness 1.00 mm
Elongation at Break 30 %
@Thickness 1.00 mm
 
Electrical PropertiesOriginal ValueComments
Electrical Resistivity 0.0000150 ohm-cm
 0.0000150 ohm-cm
@Temperature 20.0 °C
 0.0000155 ohm-cm
@Temperature 100 °C
 0.0000160 ohm-cm
@Temperature 200 °C
 0.0000166 ohm-cm
@Temperature 300 °C
 0.00001725 ohm-cm
@Temperature 400 °C
 
Thermal PropertiesOriginal ValueComments
CTE, linear 16.0 µm/m-°C
@Temperature 20.0 - 100 °C
Specific Heat Capacity 0.380 J/g-°C
@Temperature 20.0 °C
Thermal Conductivity 60.0 W/m-K
@Temperature 20.0 °C
Melting Point 1100 °C
Maximum Service Temperature, Air 400 °C
 
Component Elements PropertiesOriginal ValueComments
Copper, Cu 89 %
Nickel, Ni 11 %

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