Nickel 600 vs. Nickel 200
Both nickel 600 and nickel 200 are nickel alloys. They have 77% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is nickel 600 and the bottom bar is nickel 200.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 180 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 3.4 to 35 | |
| 23 to 44 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 220 to 300 | |
| 120 to 350 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.31 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 70 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 430 to 570 | |
| 300 to 340 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 650 to 990 | |
| 420 to 540 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 270 to 760 | |
| 120 to 370 |
Thermal Properties
| Curie Temperature, °C | -120 | |
| 360 |
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 310 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1100 | |
| 900 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1350 | |
| 1440 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 450 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 14 | |
| 69 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.7 | |
| 18 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 1.8 | |
| 18 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 55 | |
| 65 |
| Calomel Potential, mV | -170 | |
| -150 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.5 | |
| 8.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 9.0 | |
| 11 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 130 | |
| 150 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 250 | |
| 230 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 31 to 180 | |
| 110 to 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 190 to 1490 | |
| 42 to 370 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 11 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 32 | |
| 13 to 17 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 26 | |
| 14 to 17 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.6 | |
| 17 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 to 29 | |
| 13 to 16 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 14 to 17 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 6.0 to 10 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 72 to 80 | |
| 99 to 100 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |