Nickel Beryllium 360 vs. AWS BNi-2
Both nickel beryllium 360 and AWS BNi-2 are nickel alloys. There are 14 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (16, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is nickel beryllium 360 and the bottom bar is AWS BNi-2.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 180 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.3 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 68 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 780 to 1860 | |
| 440 |
Thermal Properties
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1330 | |
| 1000 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1200 | |
| 970 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 490 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.3 | |
| 8.2 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 12 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 to 62 | |
| 15 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 to 41 | |
| 16 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 to 46 | |
| 16 |