Hot Worked Monel 400 vs. Hot Worked Nickel 600
Both hot worked Monel 400 and hot worked nickel 600 are nickel alloys. Both are furnished in the hot worked condition. They have 70% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is hot worked Monel 400 and the bottom bar is hot worked nickel 600.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 160 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 37 | |
| 28 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 290 | |
| 280 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 62 | |
| 75 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 400 | |
| 430 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 600 | |
| 660 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 260 | |
| 270 |
Thermal Properties
| Curie Temperature, °C | 40 | |
| -120 |
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 310 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1000 | |
| 1100 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1350 | |
| 1410 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1300 | |
| 1350 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 430 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 23 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 3.3 | |
| 1.7 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.4 | |
| 1.8 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 50 | |
| 55 |
| Calomel Potential, mV | -80 | |
| -170 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.9 | |
| 8.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 7.9 | |
| 9.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 110 | |
| 130 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 250 | |
| 250 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 180 | |
| 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 210 | |
| 190 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 10 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 19 | |
| 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 20 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 6.1 | |
| 3.6 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 | |
| 19 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 14 to 17 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 28 to 34 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 2.5 | |
| 6.0 to 10 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 63 to 72 | |
| 72 to 80 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.024 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |