N06603 Nickel vs. Nickel 686
Both N06603 nickel and nickel 686 are nickel alloys. Both are furnished in the annealed condition. They have 80% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is N06603 nickel and the bottom bar is nickel 686.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 220 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 28 | |
| 51 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 230 | |
| 410 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 480 | |
| 560 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 740 | |
| 780 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 340 | |
| 350 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 320 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1000 | |
| 980 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1340 | |
| 1380 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1300 | |
| 1340 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 420 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 11 | |
| 9.8 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.5 | |
| 1.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 1.6 | |
| 1.4 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 50 | |
| 70 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 9.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.4 | |
| 12 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 120 | |
| 170 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 300 | |
| 300 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 170 | |
| 320 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 300 | |
| 280 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 21 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 2.9 | |
| 2.6 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 20 | |
| 21 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 2.4 to 3.0 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.2 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 24 to 26 | |
| 19 to 23 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 8.0 to 11 | |
| 0 to 5.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 15 to 17 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 57.7 to 65.6 | |
| 49.5 to 63 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.010 to 0.25 | |
| 0.020 to 0.25 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 3.0 to 4.4 |
| Yttrium (Y), % | 0.010 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0.010 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |