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Nickel 601 vs. Nickel 600

Both nickel 601 and nickel 600 are nickel alloys. They have 85% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 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 600.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 10 to 38
3.4 to 35
Fatigue Strength, MPa 220 to 380
220 to 300
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
75
Shear Strength, MPa 440 to 530
430 to 570
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 660 to 890
650 to 990
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 290 to 800
270 to 760

Thermal Properties

Curie Temperature, °C -200
-120
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 320
310
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
1100
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1410
1410
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1360
1350
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
460
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 11
14
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 14
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 1.5
1.7
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 1.6
1.8

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 49
55
Density, g/cm3 8.3
8.5
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.0
9.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 110
130
Embodied Water, L/kg 280
250

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 86 to 200
31 to 180
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 210 to 1630
190 to 1490
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 23
23
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22 to 30
21 to 32
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 25
20 to 26
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 2.8
3.6
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 17 to 23
19 to 29

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 1.0 to 1.7
0
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 0.15
Chromium (Cr), % 21 to 25
14 to 17
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.5
Iron (Fe), % 7.7 to 20
6.0 to 10
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.0
Nickel (Ni), % 58 to 63
72 to 80
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.015

Comparable Variants