EN 2.4878 Nickel vs. Nickel Beryllium 360
Both EN 2.4878 nickel and nickel beryllium 360 are nickel alloys. There are 22 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, 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 beryllium 360.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 13 to 17 | |
| 1.0 to 30 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 400 to 410 | |
| 260 to 710 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.3 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 750 to 760 | |
| 510 to 1100 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1210 to 1250 | |
| 780 to 1860 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 740 to 780 | |
| 380 to 1590 |
Thermal Properties
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1370 | |
| 1330 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1320 | |
| 1200 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 11 | |
| 48 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 14 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.3 | |
| 8.3 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 150 to 180 | |
| 12 to 190 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1370 to 1540 | |
| 360 to 3440 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 41 to 42 | |
| 26 to 62 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 31 | |
| 23 to 41 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 2.8 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 37 to 39 | |
| 19 to 46 |