Monel K-500 vs. EN 1.4606 Stainless Steel
Monel K-500 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while EN 1.4606 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. They have a modest 28% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 30 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 K-500 and the bottom bar is EN 1.4606 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 160 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 25 to 36 | |
| 23 to 39 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 260 to 560 | |
| 240 to 420 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 61 | |
| 75 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 430 to 700 | |
| 410 to 640 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 640 to 1100 | |
| 600 to 1020 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 310 to 880 | |
| 280 to 630 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 300 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 900 | |
| 910 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1350 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1320 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 440 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 18 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 3.1 | |
| 1.9 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.2 | |
| 2.2 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 50 | |
| 26 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.7 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.1 | |
| 6.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 120 | |
| 87 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 280 | |
| 170 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 180 to 260 | |
| 190 to 200 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 300 to 2420 | |
| 200 to 1010 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 10 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 35 | |
| 21 to 36 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 to 27 | |
| 20 to 28 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.8 | |
| 3.7 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 to 36 | |
| 21 to 35 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 2.3 to 3.2 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0.0010 to 0.010 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.18 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 13 to 16 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 27 to 33 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 49.2 to 59 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 1.0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 1.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 63 to 70.4 | |
| 24 to 27 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.35 to 0.85 | |
| 1.9 to 2.3 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.5 |