Nickel 908 vs. N08120 Nickel
Both nickel 908 and N08120 nickel are nickel alloys. Both are furnished in the annealed condition. They have 75% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is nickel 908 and the bottom bar is N08120 nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 180 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 | |
| 34 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 450 | |
| 230 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 70 | |
| 79 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 800 | |
| 470 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1340 | |
| 700 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 930 | |
| 310 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 310 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 920 | |
| 1000 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1370 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 11 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 8.6 | |
| 14 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 50 | |
| 45 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.3 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 9.3 | |
| 7.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 140 | |
| 100 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 170 | |
| 240 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 4.2 | |
| 35 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 | |
| 190 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 2340 | |
| 240 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 12 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 45 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 33 | |
| 21 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 2.9 | |
| 3.0 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 61 | |
| 17 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.75 to 1.3 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 to 0.012 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0.020 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 3.8 to 4.5 | |
| 23 to 27 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 3.0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 35.6 to 44.6 | |
| 21 to 41.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 2.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 47 to 51 | |
| 35 to 39 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 2.7 to 3.3 | |
| 0.4 to 0.9 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.3 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 1.2 to 1.8 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 2.5 |