EN 2.4878 Nickel vs. Type 4 Magnetic Alloy
Both EN 2.4878 nickel and Type 4 magnetic alloy are nickel alloys. They have 51% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, 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 4 magnetic alloy.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
190 |
Elongation at Break, % | 13 to 17 | |
2.0 to 40 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 400 to 410 | |
220 to 400 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
0.31 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
73 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 750 to 760 | |
420 to 630 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1210 to 1250 | |
620 to 1100 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 740 to 780 | |
270 to 1040 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 330 | |
290 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1030 | |
900 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1370 | |
1420 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1320 | |
1370 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
440 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 80 | |
60 |
Density, g/cm3 | 8.3 | |
8.8 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 10 | |
10 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
140 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 370 | |
210 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 150 to 180 | |
22 to 200 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1370 to 1540 | |
190 to 2840 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
12 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
22 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 41 to 42 | |
19 to 35 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 31 | |
18 to 27 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 37 to 39 | |
21 to 37 |
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 | |
9.5 to 17.5 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
0 to 0.8 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.0 to 2.0 | |
3.5 to 6.0 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 43.6 to 52.2 | |
79 to 82 |
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 0.020 |
Tantalum (Ta), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
0 |
Titanium (Ti), % | 2.8 to 3.2 | |
0 |
Zirconium (Zr), % | 0.030 to 0.070 | |
0 |