EN 2.4608 (NiCr26MoW) Nickel Alloy
EN 2.4608 nickel is a nickel alloy formulated for primary forming into wrought products. Cited properties are appropriate for the solution annealed (AT) condition. 2.4608 is the EN numeric designation for this material. NiCr26MoW is the EN chemical designation.
It has a moderately low tensile strength among the wrought nickels in the database.
The graph bars on the material properties cards below compare EN 2.4608 nickel to: wrought nickels (top), all nickel alloys (middle), and the entire database (bottom). A full bar means this is the highest value in the relevant set. A half-full bar means it's 50% of the highest, and so on.
Mechanical Properties
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus
210 GPa 30 x 106 psi
Elongation at Break
34 %
Fatigue Strength
200 MPa 29 x 103 psi
Poisson's Ratio
0.28
Shear Modulus
81 GPa 12 x 106 psi
Shear Strength
410 MPa 60 x 103 psi
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS)
620 MPa 89 x 103 psi
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof)
270 MPa 40 x 103 psi
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion
330 J/g
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical
1000 °C 1840 °F
Melting Completion (Liquidus)
1460 °C 2660 °F
Melting Onset (Solidus)
1410 °C 2560 °F
Specific Heat Capacity
460 J/kg-K 0.11 BTU/lb-°F
Thermal Conductivity
11 W/m-K 6.4 BTU/h-ft-°F
Thermal Expansion
13 µm/m-K
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume
1.5 % IACS
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific)
1.6 % IACS
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price
55 % relative
Density
8.5 g/cm3 530 lb/ft3
Embodied Carbon
8.4 kg CO2/kg material
Embodied Energy
120 MJ/kg 51 x 103 BTU/lb
Embodied Water
270 L/kg 32 gal/lb
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work)
170 MJ/m3
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience)
180 kJ/m3
Stiffness to Weight: Axial
14 points
Stiffness to Weight: Bending
23 points
Strength to Weight: Axial
20 points
Strength to Weight: Bending
19 points
Thermal Diffusivity
2.9 mm2/s
Thermal Shock Resistance
16 points
Alloy Composition
| Ni | 44 to 47 | |
| Cr | 24 to 26 | |
| Fe | 11.4 to 23.8 | |
| Mo | 2.5 to 4.0 | |
| W | 2.5 to 4.0 | |
| Co | 2.5 to 4.0 | |
| Si | 0.7 to 1.5 | |
| Mn | 0 to 2.0 | |
| C | 0.030 to 0.080 | |
| P | 0 to 0.030 | |
| S | 0 to 0.015 |
All values are % weight. Ranges represent what is permitted under applicable standards.
Followup Questions
Similar Alloys
Further Reading
EN 10302: Creep resisting steels, nickel and cobalt alloys
Engineering Properties of Nickel and Nickel Alloys, John L. Everhart, 1971
Nickel Alloys, Ulrich Heubner (editor), 1998