Type 4 Magnetic Alloy vs. 60Cr-40Ni Alloy
Type 4 magnetic alloy belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while 60Cr-40Ni alloy belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals. They have a modest 39% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 19 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is Type 4 magnetic alloy and the bottom bar is 60Cr-40Ni alloy.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 220 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.25 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 87 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 620 to 1100 | |
| 870 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 270 to 1040 | |
| 660 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 370 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 440 | |
| 490 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 16 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 60 | |
| 49 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 10 | |
| 7.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 140 | |
| 110 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 210 | |
| 380 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 190 to 2840 | |
| 1000 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 12 | |
| 16 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 19 to 35 | |
| 31 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 to 27 | |
| 26 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 to 37 | |
| 18 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 58 to 62 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 9.5 to 17.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.8 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 3.5 to 6.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 79 to 82 | |
| 34.5 to 42 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |