Nickel 908 vs. Nickel 201
Both nickel 908 and nickel 201 are nickel alloys. They have 50% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 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 908 and the bottom bar is nickel 201.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 180 | |
| 180 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 | |
| 4.5 to 45 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 450 | |
| 42 to 210 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.31 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 70 | |
| 70 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 800 | |
| 270 to 380 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1340 | |
| 390 to 660 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 930 | |
| 80 to 510 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 920 | |
| 900 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1440 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 440 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 11 | |
| 78 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 8.6 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 50 | |
| 65 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.3 | |
| 8.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 9.3 | |
| 11 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 140 | |
| 150 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 170 | |
| 230 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 | |
| 25 to 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 2340 | |
| 17 to 720 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 12 | |
| 11 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 45 | |
| 12 to 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 33 | |
| 13 to 19 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 2.9 | |
| 20 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 61 | |
| 11 to 19 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.75 to 1.3 | |
| 0 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 to 0.012 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 3.8 to 4.5 | |
| 0 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 35.6 to 44.6 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 47 to 51 | |
| 99 to 100 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 2.7 to 3.3 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 1.2 to 1.8 | |
| 0 |