Nickel 908 vs. Type 2 Magnetic Alloy
Both nickel 908 and Type 2 magnetic alloy are metals with high concentrations of iron and nickel. This makes them relatively similar, despite formally belonging to different alloy families. They have 89% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 23 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is nickel 908 and the bottom bar is Type 2 magnetic alloy.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 180 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 | |
| 2.0 to 38 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.3 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 70 | |
| 72 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1340 | |
| 510 to 910 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 930 | |
| 260 to 870 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1370 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 8.6 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 50 | |
| 33 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.3 | |
| 8.4 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 9.3 | |
| 5.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 140 | |
| 81 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 170 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 | |
| 18 to 160 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 2340 | |
| 170 to 2010 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 12 | |
| 12 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 45 | |
| 17 to 30 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 33 | |
| 17 to 25 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 61 | |
| 16 to 29 |
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 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 3.8 to 4.5 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 35.6 to 44.6 | |
| 48.2 to 53 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.8 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 47 to 51 | |
| 47 to 49 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 2.7 to 3.3 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 1.2 to 1.8 | |
| 0 |