EN 2.4878 Nickel vs. Nickel 718
Both EN 2.4878 nickel and nickel 718 are nickel alloys. They have 72% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 2.4878 nickel and the bottom bar is nickel 718.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 13 to 17 | |
| 12 to 50 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 400 to 410 | |
| 460 to 760 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 75 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 750 to 760 | |
| 660 to 950 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1210 to 1250 | |
| 930 to 1530 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 740 to 780 | |
| 510 to 1330 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 330 | |
| 310 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1030 | |
| 980 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1370 | |
| 1340 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1320 | |
| 1260 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 450 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 11 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 80 | |
| 75 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.3 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 10 | |
| 13 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
| 190 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 370 | |
| 250 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 150 to 180 | |
| 140 to 390 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1370 to 1540 | |
| 660 to 4560 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 41 to 42 | |
| 31 to 51 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 31 | |
| 25 to 35 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 2.8 | |
| 3.0 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 37 to 39 | |
| 27 to 44 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 1.2 to 1.6 | |
| 0.2 to 0.8 |
| Boron (B), % | 0.010 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.0060 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.030 to 0.070 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 23 to 25 | |
| 17 to 21 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 19 to 21 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 11.1 to 24.6 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.0 to 2.0 | |
| 2.8 to 3.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 43.6 to 52.2 | |
| 50 to 55 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.7 to 1.2 | |
| 4.8 to 5.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.0070 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 2.8 to 3.2 | |
| 0.65 to 1.2 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0.030 to 0.070 | |
| 0 |