EN 2.4878 Nickel vs. Monel 400
Both EN 2.4878 nickel and Monel 400 are nickel alloys. They have 49% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 2.4878 nickel and the bottom bar is Monel 400.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 160 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 13 to 17 | |
| 20 to 40 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 400 to 410 | |
| 230 to 290 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 62 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 750 to 760 | |
| 370 to 490 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1210 to 1250 | |
| 540 to 780 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 740 to 780 | |
| 210 to 590 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 330 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1030 | |
| 1000 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1370 | |
| 1350 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1320 | |
| 1300 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 430 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 11 | |
| 23 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 14 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 80 | |
| 50 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.3 | |
| 8.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 10 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
| 110 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 370 | |
| 250 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 150 to 180 | |
| 140 to 180 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1370 to 1540 | |
| 140 to 1080 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 10 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 41 to 42 | |
| 17 to 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 31 | |
| 17 to 21 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 2.8 | |
| 6.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 37 to 39 | |
| 17 to 25 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 1.2 to 1.6 | |
| 0 |
| Boron (B), % | 0.010 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.030 to 0.070 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 23 to 25 | |
| 0 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 19 to 21 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 28 to 34 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 2.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 43.6 to 52.2 | |
| 63 to 72 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.7 to 1.2 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.0070 | |
| 0 to 0.024 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 2.8 to 3.2 | |
| 0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0.030 to 0.070 | |
| 0 |