Nickel 601 vs. Nickel 625
Both nickel 601 and nickel 625 are nickel alloys. They have 85% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is nickel 601 and the bottom bar is nickel 625.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
200 |
Elongation at Break, % | 10 to 38 | |
33 to 34 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 220 to 380 | |
240 to 320 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
0.29 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
79 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 440 to 530 | |
530 to 600 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 660 to 890 | |
790 to 910 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 290 to 800 | |
320 to 450 |
Thermal Properties
Curie Temperature, °C | -200 | |
-200 |
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
330 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1100 | |
980 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1410 | |
1350 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1360 | |
1290 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
440 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 11 | |
11 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
13 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.5 | |
1.3 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 1.6 | |
1.4 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 49 | |
80 |
Density, g/cm3 | 8.3 | |
8.6 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.0 | |
14 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 110 | |
190 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 280 | |
290 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 86 to 200 | |
220 to 250 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 210 to 1630 | |
260 to 490 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
13 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
23 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 30 | |
26 to 29 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 25 | |
22 to 24 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 2.8 | |
2.9 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 to 23 | |
22 to 25 |
Alloy Composition
Aluminum (Al), % | 1.0 to 1.7 | |
0 to 0.4 |
Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
0 to 0.1 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 21 to 25 | |
20 to 23 |
Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
0 to 1.0 |
Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
0 |
Iron (Fe), % | 7.7 to 20 | |
0 to 5.0 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
0 to 0.5 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
8.0 to 10 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 58 to 63 | |
58 to 68.9 |
Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
3.2 to 4.2 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.015 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
0 to 0.5 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
0 to 0.015 |
Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.4 |