Monel K-500 vs. S17400 Stainless Steel
Monel K-500 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while S17400 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 30 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 S17400 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 160 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 25 to 36 | |
| 11 to 21 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 260 to 560 | |
| 380 to 670 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 61 | |
| 75 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 430 to 700 | |
| 570 to 830 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 640 to 1100 | |
| 910 to 1390 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 310 to 880 | |
| 580 to 1250 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 900 | |
| 850 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1350 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1320 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 440 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 18 | |
| 17 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 3.1 | |
| 2.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.2 | |
| 2.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 50 | |
| 14 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.7 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.1 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 120 | |
| 39 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 280 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 180 to 260 | |
| 140 to 160 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 300 to 2420 | |
| 880 to 4060 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 10 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 35 | |
| 32 to 49 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 to 27 | |
| 27 to 35 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.8 | |
| 4.5 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 to 36 | |
| 30 to 46 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 2.3 to 3.2 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.18 | |
| 0 to 0.070 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 15 to 17 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 27 to 33 | |
| 3.0 to 5.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 70.4 to 78.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 63 to 70.4 | |
| 3.0 to 5.0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.45 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.35 to 0.85 | |
| 0 |