EN 2.4879 Cast Nickel vs. Nickel 625
Both EN 2.4879 cast nickel and nickel 625 are nickel alloys. They have 73% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 2.4879 cast nickel and the bottom bar is nickel 625.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 3.4 | |
| 33 to 34 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 110 | |
| 240 to 320 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 80 | |
| 79 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 490 | |
| 790 to 910 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 270 | |
| 320 to 450 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 330 | |
| 330 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1150 | |
| 980 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1350 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1290 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 440 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 11 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 55 | |
| 80 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.5 | |
| 8.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.3 | |
| 14 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 120 | |
| 190 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 270 | |
| 290 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 14 | |
| 220 to 250 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 180 | |
| 260 to 490 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 16 | |
| 26 to 29 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 16 | |
| 22 to 24 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 2.8 | |
| 2.9 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 | |
| 22 to 25 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.35 to 0.55 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 27 to 30 | |
| 20 to 23 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 9.4 to 20.7 | |
| 0 to 5.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 8.0 to 10 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 47 to 50 | |
| 58 to 68.9 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 3.2 to 4.2 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 1.0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 4.0 to 6.0 | |
| 0 |