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Nickel 601 vs. Nickel 201

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

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

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Mechanical Properties

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

Thermal Properties

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

Electrical Properties

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

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

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

Common Calculations

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

Alloy Composition

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

Comparable Variants