Nickel 200 vs. Type 4 Magnetic Alloy
Both nickel 200 and Type 4 magnetic alloy are nickel alloys. They have 81% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is nickel 200 and the bottom bar is Type 4 magnetic alloy.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 180 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 23 to 44 | |
| 2.0 to 40 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 120 to 350 | |
| 220 to 400 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.31 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 70 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 300 to 340 | |
| 420 to 630 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 420 to 540 | |
| 620 to 1100 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 120 to 370 | |
| 270 to 1040 |
Thermal Properties
| Curie Temperature, °C | 360 | |
| 460 |
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 900 | |
| 900 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1370 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 450 | |
| 440 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 18 | |
| 2.9 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 18 | |
| 3.0 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 65 | |
| 60 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.9 | |
| 8.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 11 | |
| 10 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
| 140 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 230 | |
| 210 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 150 | |
| 22 to 200 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 42 to 370 | |
| 190 to 2840 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 11 | |
| 12 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
| 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 13 to 17 | |
| 19 to 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 14 to 17 | |
| 18 to 27 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 16 | |
| 21 to 37 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 9.5 to 17.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.8 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 3.5 to 6.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 99 to 100 | |
| 79 to 82 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |