Monel K-500 vs. Nickel 718
Both Monel K-500 and nickel 718 are nickel alloys. They have 55% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 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 nickel 718.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 160 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 25 to 36 | |
| 12 to 50 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 260 to 560 | |
| 460 to 760 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 61 | |
| 75 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 430 to 700 | |
| 660 to 950 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 640 to 1100 | |
| 930 to 1530 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 310 to 880 | |
| 510 to 1330 |
Thermal Properties
| Curie Temperature, °C | -67 | |
| -110 |
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 310 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 900 | |
| 980 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1350 | |
| 1340 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1320 | |
| 1260 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 440 | |
| 450 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 18 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 3.1 | |
| 1.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.2 | |
| 1.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 50 | |
| 75 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.7 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.1 | |
| 13 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 120 | |
| 190 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 280 | |
| 250 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 180 to 260 | |
| 140 to 390 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 300 to 2420 | |
| 660 to 4560 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 10 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 35 | |
| 31 to 51 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 to 27 | |
| 25 to 35 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.8 | |
| 3.0 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 to 36 | |
| 27 to 44 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 2.3 to 3.2 | |
| 0.2 to 0.8 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0060 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.18 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 17 to 21 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 27 to 33 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 11.1 to 24.6 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 2.8 to 3.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 63 to 70.4 | |
| 50 to 55 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 4.8 to 5.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.35 to 0.85 | |
| 0.65 to 1.2 |