EN 2.4878 Nickel vs. Nickel 59
Both EN 2.4878 nickel and nickel 59 are nickel alloys. They have 74% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 2.4878 nickel and the bottom bar is nickel 59.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 220 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 13 to 17 | |
| 50 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 400 to 410 | |
| 320 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 84 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 750 to 760 | |
| 560 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1210 to 1250 | |
| 780 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 740 to 780 | |
| 350 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 330 | |
| 330 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1030 | |
| 990 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1370 | |
| 1500 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1320 | |
| 1450 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 430 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 11 | |
| 10 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 80 | |
| 65 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.3 | |
| 8.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 10 | |
| 12 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
| 160 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 370 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 150 to 180 | |
| 320 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1370 to 1540 | |
| 280 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 41 to 42 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 31 | |
| 22 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 2.8 | |
| 2.7 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 37 to 39 | |
| 15 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 1.2 to 1.6 | |
| 0.1 to 0.4 |
| Boron (B), % | 0.010 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.030 to 0.070 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 23 to 25 | |
| 22 to 24 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 19 to 21 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.0 to 2.0 | |
| 15 to 16.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 43.6 to 52.2 | |
| 56.2 to 62.9 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.7 to 1.2 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.0070 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 2.8 to 3.2 | |
| 0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0.030 to 0.070 | |
| 0 |