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