Type 4 Magnetic Alloy vs. Nickel 625
Both Type 4 magnetic alloy and nickel 625 are nickel alloys. They have 72% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is Type 4 magnetic alloy and the bottom bar is nickel 625.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.0 to 40 | |
| 33 to 34 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 220 to 400 | |
| 240 to 320 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 79 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 420 to 630 | |
| 530 to 600 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 620 to 1100 | |
| 790 to 910 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 270 to 1040 | |
| 320 to 450 |
Thermal Properties
| Curie Temperature, °C | 460 | |
| -200 |
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 330 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 900 | |
| 980 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1350 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1370 | |
| 1290 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 440 | |
| 440 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 1.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.0 | |
| 1.4 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 60 | |
| 80 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.8 | |
| 8.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 10 | |
| 14 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 140 | |
| 190 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 210 | |
| 290 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 22 to 200 | |
| 220 to 250 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 190 to 2840 | |
| 260 to 490 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 12 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 19 to 35 | |
| 26 to 29 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 to 27 | |
| 22 to 24 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 to 37 | |
| 22 to 25 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 20 to 23 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 9.5 to 17.5 | |
| 0 to 5.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.8 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 3.5 to 6.0 | |
| 8.0 to 10 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 79 to 82 | |
| 58 to 68.9 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 3.2 to 4.2 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |