Nickel 718 vs. Monel 400
Both nickel 718 and Monel 400 are nickel alloys. They have 54% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is nickel 718 and the bottom bar is Monel 400.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 160 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 12 to 50 | |
| 20 to 40 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 460 to 760 | |
| 230 to 290 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 62 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 660 to 950 | |
| 370 to 490 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 930 to 1530 | |
| 540 to 780 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 510 to 1330 | |
| 210 to 590 |
Thermal Properties
| Curie Temperature, °C | -110 | |
| 40 |
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 310 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 980 | |
| 1000 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1340 | |
| 1350 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1260 | |
| 1300 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 450 | |
| 430 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 11 | |
| 23 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 14 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.4 | |
| 3.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 1.5 | |
| 3.4 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 75 | |
| 50 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.3 | |
| 8.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 13 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 190 | |
| 110 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 250 | |
| 250 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 390 | |
| 140 to 180 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 660 to 4560 | |
| 140 to 1080 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 10 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 31 to 51 | |
| 17 to 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 to 35 | |
| 17 to 21 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.0 | |
| 6.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 27 to 44 | |
| 17 to 25 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.2 to 0.8 | |
| 0 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 to 0.0060 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 17 to 21 | |
| 0 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 28 to 34 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 11.1 to 24.6 | |
| 0 to 2.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.8 to 3.3 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 50 to 55 | |
| 63 to 72 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 4.8 to 5.5 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.024 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.65 to 1.2 | |
| 0 |