Nickel 601 vs. Nickel 690
Both nickel 601 and nickel 690 are nickel alloys. They have a moderately high 93% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is nickel 601 and the bottom bar is nickel 690.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 10 to 38 | |
| 3.4 to 34 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 220 to 380 | |
| 180 to 300 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 79 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 440 to 530 | |
| 420 to 570 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 660 to 890 | |
| 640 to 990 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 290 to 800 | |
| 250 to 760 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 320 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1100 | |
| 1010 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1380 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1360 | |
| 1340 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 11 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
| 14 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.5 | |
| 1.5 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 1.6 | |
| 1.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 49 | |
| 50 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.3 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.0 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 110 | |
| 120 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 280 | |
| 290 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 86 to 200 | |
| 31 to 170 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 210 to 1630 | |
| 160 to 1440 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 30 | |
| 21 to 33 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 25 | |
| 20 to 27 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 2.8 | |
| 3.5 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 to 23 | |
| 16 to 25 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 1.0 to 1.7 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 21 to 25 | |
| 27 to 31 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 7.7 to 20 | |
| 7.0 to 11 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 58 to 63 | |
| 58 to 66 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |