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Nickel 201 vs. Nickel 601

Both nickel 201 and nickel 601 are nickel alloys. They have 61% of their average alloy composition in common.

For each property being compared, the top bar is nickel 201 and the bottom bar is nickel 601.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 180
200
Elongation at Break, % 4.5 to 45
10 to 38
Fatigue Strength, MPa 42 to 210
220 to 380
Poisson's Ratio 0.31
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 70
76
Shear Strength, MPa 270 to 380
440 to 530
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 390 to 660
660 to 890
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 80 to 510
290 to 800

Thermal Properties

Curie Temperature, °C 360
-200
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
320
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 900
1100
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1410
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1440
1360
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 440
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 78
11
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
14

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 19
1.5
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 19
1.6

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 65
49
Density, g/cm3 8.9
8.3
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 11
8.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
110
Embodied Water, L/kg 230
280

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 25 to 130
86 to 200
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 17 to 720
210 to 1630
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 11
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 21
23
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 12 to 20
22 to 30
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 13 to 19
20 to 25
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 20
2.8
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 11 to 19
17 to 23

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
1.0 to 1.7
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.020
0 to 0.1
Chromium (Cr), % 0
21 to 25
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.25
0 to 1.0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.4
7.7 to 20
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.35
0 to 1.0
Nickel (Ni), % 99 to 100
58 to 63
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.35
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.010
0 to 0.015

Comparable Variants