Nickel 601 vs. Type 2 Magnetic Alloy
Nickel 601 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while Type 2 magnetic alloy belongs to the iron alloys. They have 63% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is nickel 601 and the bottom bar is Type 2 magnetic alloy.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 10 to 38 | |
| 2.0 to 38 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.3 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 72 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 660 to 890 | |
| 510 to 910 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 290 to 800 | |
| 260 to 870 |
Thermal Properties
| Curie Temperature, °C | -200 | |
| 480 |
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1360 | |
| 1370 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.5 | |
| 3.9 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 1.6 | |
| 4.2 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 49 | |
| 33 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.3 | |
| 8.4 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.0 | |
| 5.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 110 | |
| 81 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 280 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 86 to 200 | |
| 18 to 160 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 210 to 1630 | |
| 170 to 2010 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 12 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 30 | |
| 17 to 30 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 25 | |
| 17 to 25 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 to 23 | |
| 16 to 29 |
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 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 7.7 to 20 | |
| 48.2 to 53 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.8 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 58 to 63 | |
| 47 to 49 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |