MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

Nickel 22 vs. Nickel 242

Both nickel 22 and nickel 242 are nickel alloys. Both are furnished in the annealed condition. They have 80% of their average alloy composition in common.

For each property being compared, the top bar is nickel 22 and the bottom bar is nickel 242.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 220
220
Elongation at Break, % 49
45
Fatigue Strength, MPa 330
300
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.3
Shear Modulus, GPa 84
84
Shear Strength, MPa 560
570
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 790
820
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 360
350

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 320
330
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 990
930
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1390
1380
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1360
1290
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 430
400
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 10
11
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
11

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 1.5
1.4
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 1.5
1.4

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 70
75
Density, g/cm3 8.9
9.0
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 12
14
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 170
180
Embodied Water, L/kg 300
290

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 320
300
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 300
280
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 22
22
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21
21
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 2.7
3.1
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 24
25

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0 to 0.5
Boron (B), % 0
0 to 0.0060
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 20 to 22.5
7.0 to 9.0
Cobalt (Co), % 0 to 2.5
0 to 1.0
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.5
Iron (Fe), % 2.0 to 6.0
0 to 2.0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.8
Molybdenum (Mo), % 12.5 to 14.5
24 to 26
Nickel (Ni), % 50.8 to 63
59.3 to 69
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.020
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.080
0 to 0.8
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.020
0 to 0.015
Tungsten (W), % 2.5 to 3.5
0
Vanadium (V), % 0 to 0.35
0