Monel K-500 vs. ASTM B817 Type II
Monel K-500 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while ASTM B817 type II belongs to the titanium alloys. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is Monel K-500 and the bottom bar is ASTM B817 type II.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 160 | |
| 100 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 25 to 36 | |
| 3.0 to 13 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 260 to 560 | |
| 390 to 530 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 61 | |
| 40 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 640 to 1100 | |
| 900 to 960 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 310 to 880 | |
| 780 to 900 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 400 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 900 | |
| 350 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1350 | |
| 1580 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1320 | |
| 1530 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 440 | |
| 550 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
| 9.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 50 | |
| 37 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.7 | |
| 4.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.1 | |
| 40 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 120 | |
| 650 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 280 | |
| 220 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 180 to 260 | |
| 26 to 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 300 to 2420 | |
| 2890 to 3890 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 10 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
| 34 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 35 | |
| 55 to 58 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 to 27 | |
| 45 to 47 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 to 36 | |
| 62 to 66 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 2.3 to 3.2 | |
| 5.0 to 6.0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.18 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Chlorine (Cl), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 27 to 33 | |
| 0.35 to 1.0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0.35 to 1.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 63 to 70.4 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Sodium (Na), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 1.5 to 2.5 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.35 to 0.85 | |
| 82.1 to 87.8 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 5.0 to 6.0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |