R05240 Alloy vs. Nickel 601
R05240 alloy belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while nickel 601 belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 18 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (13, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is R05240 alloy and the bottom bar is nickel 601.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 150 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 25 | |
| 10 to 38 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.36 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 57 | |
| 76 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 270 | |
| 660 to 890 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 170 | |
| 290 to 800 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 210 | |
| 320 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 190 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 6.8 | |
| 14 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 14 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 460 | |
| 280 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 59 | |
| 86 to 200 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 90 | |
| 210 to 1630 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 6.3 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 13 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 5.4 | |
| 22 to 30 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 6.8 | |
| 20 to 25 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 18 | |
| 17 to 23 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 1.7 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 21 to 25 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.0015 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 7.7 to 20 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 58 to 63 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 35 to 42 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 57.9 to 65 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |