Nickel Beryllium 360 vs. Type 4 Magnetic Alloy
Both nickel beryllium 360 and Type 4 magnetic alloy are nickel alloys. There are 22 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 beryllium 360 and the bottom bar is Type 4 magnetic alloy.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.0 to 30 | |
| 2.0 to 40 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 260 to 710 | |
| 220 to 400 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.31 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 510 to 1100 | |
| 420 to 630 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 780 to 1860 | |
| 620 to 1100 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 380 to 1590 | |
| 270 to 1040 |
Thermal Properties
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1330 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1200 | |
| 1370 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 440 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 5.0 | |
| 2.9 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 5.4 | |
| 3.0 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.3 | |
| 8.8 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 12 to 190 | |
| 22 to 200 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 360 to 3440 | |
| 190 to 2840 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 12 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 to 62 | |
| 19 to 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 to 41 | |
| 18 to 27 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 to 46 | |
| 21 to 37 |