Nickel 600 vs. Monel 400
Both nickel 600 and Monel 400 are nickel alloys. They have 70% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is nickel 600 and the bottom bar is Monel 400.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
160 |
Elongation at Break, % | 3.4 to 35 | |
20 to 40 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 220 to 300 | |
230 to 290 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
0.32 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
62 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 430 to 570 | |
370 to 490 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 650 to 990 | |
540 to 780 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 270 to 760 | |
210 to 590 |
Thermal Properties
Curie Temperature, °C | -120 | |
40 |
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 310 | |
270 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1100 | |
1000 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1410 | |
1350 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1350 | |
1300 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
430 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 14 | |
23 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
14 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.7 | |
3.3 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 1.8 | |
3.4 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 55 | |
50 |
Calomel Potential, mV | -170 | |
-80 |
Density, g/cm3 | 8.5 | |
8.9 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 9.0 | |
7.9 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 130 | |
110 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 250 | |
250 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 31 to 180 | |
140 to 180 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 190 to 1490 | |
140 to 1080 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
10 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
21 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 32 | |
17 to 25 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 26 | |
17 to 21 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.6 | |
6.1 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 to 29 | |
17 to 25 |
Alloy Composition
Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
0 to 0.3 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 14 to 17 | |
0 |
Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
28 to 34 |
Iron (Fe), % | 6.0 to 10 | |
0 to 2.5 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
0 to 2.0 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 72 to 80 | |
63 to 72 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
0 to 0.5 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
0 to 0.024 |