UNS N06060 Nickel Alloy
N06060 nickel is a nickel alloy formulated for primary forming into wrought products. Cited properties are appropriate for the solution annealed (AT) condition. It has a moderately high melting temperature among the wrought nickels in the database.
The graph bars on the material properties cards below compare N06060 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 31 x 106 psi
Elongation at Break
45 %
Fatigue Strength
230 MPa 34 x 103 psi
Poisson's Ratio
0.29
Shear Modulus
82 GPa 12 x 106 psi
Shear Strength
490 MPa 71 x 103 psi
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS)
700 MPa 100 x 103 psi
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof)
270 MPa 40 x 103 psi
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion
320 J/g
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical
980 °C 1800 °F
Melting Completion (Liquidus)
1510 °C 2740 °F
Melting Onset (Solidus)
1450 °C 2650 °F
Specific Heat Capacity
430 J/kg-K 0.1 BTU/lb-°F
Thermal Expansion
12 µm/m-K
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price
65 % relative
Density
8.7 g/cm3 540 lb/ft3
Embodied Carbon
12 kg CO2/kg material
Embodied Energy
160 MJ/kg 69 x 103 BTU/lb
Embodied Water
280 L/kg 34 gal/lb
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work)
250 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
22 points
Strength to Weight: Bending
20 points
Thermal Shock Resistance
19 points
Alloy Composition
| Ni | 54 to 60 | |
| Cr | 19 to 22 | |
| Mo | 12 to 14 | |
| Fe | 0 to 14 | |
| Nb | 0.5 to 1.3 | |
| Mn | 0 to 1.5 | |
| W | 0.25 to 1.3 | |
| Cu | 0.25 to 1.3 | |
| Si | 0 to 0.5 | |
| C | 0 to 0.030 | |
| P | 0 to 0.030 | |
| S | 0 to 0.0050 |
All values are % weight. Ranges represent what is permitted under applicable standards.
Followup Questions
Similar Alloys
Further Reading
ASTM B622: Standard Specification for Seamless Nickel and Nickel-Cobalt Alloy Pipe and Tube
Welding Metallurgy and Weldability of Nickel-Base Alloys, John C. Lippold et al., 2009
Engineering Properties of Nickel and Nickel Alloys, John L. Everhart, 1971
Nickel Alloys, Ulrich Heubner (editor), 1998
CRC Materials Science and Engineering Handbook, 4th ed., James F. Shackelford et al. (editors), 2015