Type 4 Magnetic Alloy vs. EN 2.4654 Nickel
Both Type 4 magnetic alloy and EN 2.4654 nickel are nickel alloys. They have 63% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is Type 4 magnetic alloy and the bottom bar is EN 2.4654 nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.0 to 40 | |
| 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 220 to 400 | |
| 460 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 420 to 630 | |
| 770 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 620 to 1100 | |
| 1250 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 270 to 1040 | |
| 850 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 320 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 900 | |
| 1000 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1390 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1370 | |
| 1330 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 440 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 60 | |
| 75 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.8 | |
| 8.4 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 10 | |
| 10 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 140 | |
| 150 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 210 | |
| 340 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 22 to 200 | |
| 190 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 190 to 2840 | |
| 1810 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 12 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 19 to 35 | |
| 42 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 to 27 | |
| 31 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 to 37 | |
| 37 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 1.2 to 1.6 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0.0030 to 0.010 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0.020 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 18 to 21 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 12 to 15 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 9.5 to 17.5 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.8 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 3.5 to 6.0 | |
| 3.5 to 5.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 79 to 82 | |
| 50.6 to 62.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 2.8 to 3.3 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 | |
| 0.020 to 0.080 |