Monel 400 vs. Nickel 601
Both Monel 400 and nickel 601 are nickel alloys. They have 63% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is Monel 400 and the bottom bar is nickel 601.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 160 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 20 to 40 | |
| 10 to 38 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 230 to 290 | |
| 220 to 380 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 62 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 370 to 490 | |
| 440 to 530 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 540 to 780 | |
| 660 to 890 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 210 to 590 | |
| 290 to 800 |
Thermal Properties
| Curie Temperature, °C | 40 | |
| -200 |
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 320 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1000 | |
| 1100 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1350 | |
| 1410 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1300 | |
| 1360 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 430 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 23 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
| 14 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 3.3 | |
| 1.5 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.4 | |
| 1.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 50 | |
| 49 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.9 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 7.9 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 110 | |
| 110 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 250 | |
| 280 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 180 | |
| 86 to 200 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 140 to 1080 | |
| 210 to 1630 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 10 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 17 to 25 | |
| 22 to 30 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 to 21 | |
| 20 to 25 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 6.1 | |
| 2.8 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 to 25 | |
| 17 to 23 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 1.7 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 21 to 25 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 28 to 34 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 2.5 | |
| 7.7 to 20 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 63 to 72 | |
| 58 to 63 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.024 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |