Monel K-500 vs. AISI 422 Stainless Steel
Monel K-500 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while AISI 422 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is Monel K-500 and the bottom bar is AISI 422 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 160 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 25 to 36 | |
| 15 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 260 to 560 | |
| 410 to 500 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 61 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 430 to 700 | |
| 560 to 660 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 640 to 1100 | |
| 910 to 1080 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 310 to 880 | |
| 670 to 870 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 900 | |
| 650 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1350 | |
| 1480 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1320 | |
| 1470 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 440 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 18 | |
| 24 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
| 10 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 3.1 | |
| 4.7 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.2 | |
| 5.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 50 | |
| 11 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.7 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.1 | |
| 3.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 120 | |
| 44 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 280 | |
| 100 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 180 to 260 | |
| 140 to 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 300 to 2420 | |
| 1140 to 1910 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 10 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 35 | |
| 32 to 38 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 to 27 | |
| 26 to 30 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.8 | |
| 6.4 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 to 36 | |
| 33 to 39 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 2.3 to 3.2 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.18 | |
| 0.2 to 0.25 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 11 to 12.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 27 to 33 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 81.9 to 85.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0.5 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.9 to 1.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 63 to 70.4 | |
| 0.5 to 1.0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.35 to 0.85 | |
| 0 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 0.9 to 1.3 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.3 |