EN 2.4878 Nickel vs. Type 2 Magnetic Alloy
EN 2.4878 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while Type 2 magnetic alloy belongs to the iron alloys. They have 50% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 23 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 Type 2 magnetic alloy.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 13 to 17 | |
| 2.0 to 38 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.3 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 72 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1210 to 1250 | |
| 510 to 910 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 740 to 780 | |
| 260 to 870 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 330 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1370 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1320 | |
| 1370 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 80 | |
| 33 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.3 | |
| 8.4 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 10 | |
| 5.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
| 81 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 370 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 150 to 180 | |
| 18 to 160 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1370 to 1540 | |
| 170 to 2010 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 12 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 41 to 42 | |
| 17 to 30 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 31 | |
| 17 to 25 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 37 to 39 | |
| 16 to 29 |
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 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 23 to 25 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 19 to 21 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 48.2 to 53 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.8 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 43.6 to 52.2 | |
| 47 to 49 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.7 to 1.2 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.0070 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 2.8 to 3.2 | |
| 0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0.030 to 0.070 | |
| 0 |