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Nickel 601 vs. Nickel 242

Both nickel 601 and nickel 242 are nickel alloys. They have 71% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is nickel 601 and the bottom bar is nickel 242.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
220
Elongation at Break, % 10 to 38
45
Fatigue Strength, MPa 220 to 380
300
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.3
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
84
Shear Strength, MPa 440 to 530
570
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 660 to 890
820
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 290 to 800
350

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 320
330
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
930
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1410
1380
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1360
1290
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
400
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 11
11
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 14
11

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 1.5
1.4
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 1.6
1.4

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 49
75
Density, g/cm3 8.3
9.0
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.0
14
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 110
180
Embodied Water, L/kg 280
290

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 86 to 200
300
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 210 to 1630
280
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 23
22
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22 to 30
25
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 25
21
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 2.8
3.1
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 17 to 23
25

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 1.0 to 1.7
0 to 0.5
Boron (B), % 0
0 to 0.0060
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 21 to 25
7.0 to 9.0
Cobalt (Co), % 0
0 to 1.0
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.5
Iron (Fe), % 7.7 to 20
0 to 2.0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.8
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
24 to 26
Nickel (Ni), % 58 to 63
59.3 to 69
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 0.8
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.015