EN 2.4816 (NiCr15Fe) Nickel Alloy
EN 2.4816 nickel is a nickel alloy formulated for primary forming into wrought products. Cited properties are appropriate for the annealed condition. 2.4816 is the EN numeric designation for this material. NiCr15Fe is the EN chemical designation.
The graph bars on the material properties cards below compare EN 2.4816 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
Brinell Hardness
170
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus
190 GPa 28 x 106 psi
Elongation at Break
34 %
Fatigue Strength
200 MPa 28 x 103 psi
Poisson's Ratio
0.29
Shear Modulus
74 GPa 11 x 106 psi
Shear Strength
470 MPa 68 x 103 psi
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS)
700 MPa 100 x 103 psi
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof)
270 MPa 39 x 103 psi
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion
310 J/g
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical
1150 °C 2100 °F
Melting Completion (Liquidus)
1370 °C 2490 °F
Melting Onset (Solidus)
1320 °C 2410 °F
Specific Heat Capacity
460 J/kg-K 0.11 BTU/lb-°F
Thermal Conductivity
15 W/m-K 8.7 BTU/h-ft-°F
Thermal Expansion
13 µm/m-K
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume
1.7 % IACS
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific)
1.8 % IACS
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price
55 % relative
Density
8.5 g/cm3 530 lb/ft3
Embodied Carbon
9.0 kg CO2/kg material
Embodied Energy
130 MJ/kg 54 x 103 BTU/lb
Embodied Water
260 L/kg 31 gal/lb
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work)
190 MJ/m3
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience)
190 kJ/m3
Stiffness to Weight: Axial
13 points
Stiffness to Weight: Bending
23 points
Strength to Weight: Axial
23 points
Strength to Weight: Bending
21 points
Thermal Diffusivity
3.8 mm2/s
Thermal Shock Resistance
20 points
Alloy Composition
| Ni | 72 to 80 | |
| Cr | 14 to 17 | |
| Fe | 6.0 to 10 | |
| Mn | 0 to 1.0 | |
| Si | 0 to 0.5 | |
| Cu | 0 to 0.5 | |
| Al | 0 to 0.3 | |
| Ti | 0 to 0.3 | |
| C | 0.050 to 0.1 | |
| P | 0 to 0.020 | |
| S | 0 to 0.015 |
All values are % weight. Ranges represent what is permitted under applicable standards.
Followup Questions
Similar Alloys
Further Reading
EN 10095: Heat resisting steels and nickel alloys
Engineering Properties of Nickel and Nickel Alloys, John L. Everhart, 1971
Nickel Alloys, Ulrich Heubner (editor), 1998