N08120 Nickel vs. Nickel 908
Both N08120 nickel and nickel 908 are nickel alloys. Both are furnished in the annealed condition. They have 75% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is N08120 nickel and the bottom bar is nickel 908.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 180 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 34 | |
| 11 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 230 | |
| 450 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.3 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 79 | |
| 70 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 470 | |
| 800 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 700 | |
| 1340 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 310 | |
| 930 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 310 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1000 | |
| 920 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1370 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 11 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
| 8.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 45 | |
| 50 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 7.2 | |
| 9.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 100 | |
| 140 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 240 | |
| 170 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 35 | |
| 4.2 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 190 | |
| 140 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 240 | |
| 2340 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 12 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 | |
| 45 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
| 33 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.0 | |
| 2.9 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 | |
| 61 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0.75 to 1.3 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.012 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.020 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 23 to 27 | |
| 3.8 to 4.5 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 to 3.0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 21 to 41.4 | |
| 35.6 to 44.6 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 2.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 35 to 39 | |
| 47 to 51 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.4 to 0.9 | |
| 2.7 to 3.3 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.15 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 1.2 to 1.8 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 to 2.5 | |
| 0 |