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Monel 400 vs. Nickel 59

Both Monel 400 and nickel 59 are nickel alloys. They have 61% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 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 Monel 400 and the bottom bar is nickel 59.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 160
220
Elongation at Break, % 20 to 40
50
Fatigue Strength, MPa 230 to 290
320
Poisson's Ratio 0.32
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 62
84
Shear Strength, MPa 370 to 490
560
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 540 to 780
780
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 210 to 590
350

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 270
330
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1000
990
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1350
1500
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1300
1450
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 430
430
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 23
10
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 14
17

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 50
65
Density, g/cm3 8.9
8.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 7.9
12
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 110
160
Embodied Water, L/kg 250
310

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 140 to 180
320
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 140 to 1080
280
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 10
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 21
23
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 17 to 25
25
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 17 to 21
22
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 6.1
2.7
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 17 to 25
15

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0.1 to 0.4
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.3
0 to 0.010
Chromium (Cr), % 0
22 to 24
Cobalt (Co), % 0
0 to 0.3
Copper (Cu), % 28 to 34
0 to 0.5
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 2.5
0 to 1.5
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 0.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
15 to 16.5
Nickel (Ni), % 63 to 72
56.2 to 62.9
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.015
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 0.1
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.024
0 to 0.010