EN 2.4878 Nickel vs. N06230 Nickel
Both EN 2.4878 nickel and N06230 nickel are nickel alloys. They have 75% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 2.4878 nickel and the bottom bar is N06230 nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 210 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 13 to 17 | |
| 38 to 48 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 400 to 410 | |
| 250 to 360 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 83 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 750 to 760 | |
| 420 to 600 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1210 to 1250 | |
| 620 to 840 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 740 to 780 | |
| 330 to 400 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 330 | |
| 310 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1030 | |
| 990 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1370 | |
| 1370 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1320 | |
| 1300 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 420 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 11 | |
| 8.9 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 80 | |
| 85 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.3 | |
| 9.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 10 | |
| 11 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
| 160 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 370 | |
| 290 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 150 to 180 | |
| 200 to 330 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1370 to 1540 | |
| 250 to 380 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 12 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 41 to 42 | |
| 18 to 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 31 | |
| 17 to 21 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 2.8 | |
| 2.3 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 37 to 39 | |
| 17 to 23 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 1.2 to 1.6 | |
| 0.2 to 0.5 |
| Boron (B), % | 0.010 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.030 to 0.070 | |
| 0.050 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 23 to 25 | |
| 20 to 24 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 19 to 21 | |
| 0 to 5.0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 3.0 |
| Lanthanum (La), % | 0 | |
| 0.0050 to 0.050 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0.3 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.0 to 2.0 | |
| 1.0 to 3.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 43.6 to 52.2 | |
| 47.5 to 65.2 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.7 to 1.2 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0.25 to 0.75 |
| 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 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 13 to 15 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0.030 to 0.070 | |
| 0 |