Nickel 600 vs. Monel K-500
Both nickel 600 and Monel K-500 are nickel alloys. They have 69% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is nickel 600 and the bottom bar is Monel K-500.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
160 |
Elongation at Break, % | 3.4 to 35 | |
25 to 36 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 220 to 300 | |
260 to 560 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
0.32 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
61 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 430 to 570 | |
430 to 700 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 650 to 990 | |
640 to 1100 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 270 to 760 | |
310 to 880 |
Thermal Properties
Curie Temperature, °C | -120 | |
-67 |
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 310 | |
270 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1100 | |
900 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1410 | |
1350 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1350 | |
1320 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
440 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 14 | |
18 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
14 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.7 | |
3.1 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 1.8 | |
3.2 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 55 | |
50 |
Calomel Potential, mV | -170 | |
-100 |
Density, g/cm3 | 8.5 | |
8.7 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 9.0 | |
8.1 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 130 | |
120 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 250 | |
280 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 31 to 180 | |
180 to 260 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 190 to 1490 | |
300 to 2420 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
10 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
21 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 32 | |
21 to 35 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 26 | |
19 to 27 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.6 | |
4.8 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 to 29 | |
21 to 36 |
Alloy Composition
Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
2.3 to 3.2 |
Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
0 to 0.18 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 14 to 17 | |
0 |
Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
27 to 33 |
Iron (Fe), % | 6.0 to 10 | |
0 to 2.0 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
0 to 1.5 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 72 to 80 | |
63 to 70.4 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
0 to 0.5 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
0 to 0.010 |
Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
0.35 to 0.85 |