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Nickel 601 vs. Type 4 Magnetic Alloy

Both nickel 601 and Type 4 magnetic alloy are nickel alloys. They have 75% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 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 Type 4 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 40
Fatigue Strength, MPa 220 to 380
220 to 400
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.31
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
73
Shear Strength, MPa 440 to 530
420 to 630
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 660 to 890
620 to 1100
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 290 to 800
270 to 1040

Thermal Properties

Curie Temperature, °C -200
460
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 320
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
900
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1410
1420
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1360
1370
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
440
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 14
11

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 1.5
2.9
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 1.6
3.0

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 49
60
Density, g/cm3 8.3
8.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.0
10
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 110
140
Embodied Water, L/kg 280
210

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 86 to 200
22 to 200
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 210 to 1630
190 to 2840
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
12
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 23
22
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22 to 30
19 to 35
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 25
18 to 27
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 17 to 23
21 to 37

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
9.5 to 17.5
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.8
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
3.5 to 6.0
Nickel (Ni), % 58 to 63
79 to 82
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 0.020

Comparable Variants