Monel (NiCu30, Nickel-Copper Alloy)

Variants

Monel 400 (NiCu30Fe, 2.4360, N04400, NA13)
Monel K-500 (NiCu30Al, 2.4375, N05500, NA18)

Siblings

Commercially Pure NickelHastelloy
Haynes 230 (2.4733, N06230, NiCr22W14Mo)Inconel
Rene 41 (R41, 2.4973, N07041)

Properties

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Bulk Modulus
160 GPa, or 23 106 psi
Corrosion (Solution, Electrode) Potential
Curie Temperature
-135 to 35 °C, or -211 to 95 °F
Density
8.4 to 8.8 g/cm3, or 520 to 540 lb/ft3
Elastic (Young's) Modulus
180 GPa, or 26 106 psi
Electrical Conductivity
28 to 34 % IACS
Elongation at Break
Typical
25 to 50 %
Maximum Temperature
Onset of Melting (Solidus)
1300 to 1320 °C, or 2300 to 2400 °F
Poisson's Ratio
0.32
Resilience
Unit, Per Volume
Resilience
Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), Per Volume
Resilience
Unit, Per Mass
Resilience
Ultimate, Per Mass
Shear Modulus
65 GPa, or 9.4 106 psi
Specific Heat Capacity
Conventional
420 to 430 J/kg-K
Specific Heat Capacity
Volumetric
3500 to 3700 103 J/m3-K
Speed of Sound
140 103 m/s, or 450 103 ft/s
Stiffness-to-Weight Ratio
Bulk
18 to 19 MN-m/kg
Stiffness-to-Weight Ratio
Shear
7.3 to 7.7 MN-m/kg
Stiffness-to-Weight Ratio
Tensile
20 to 21 MN-m/kg
Strength-to-Weight Ratio
Tensile, Ultimate
64 to 130 kN-m/kg
Strength-to-Weight Ratio
Tensile, Yield
29 to 100 kN-m/kg
Tensile Strength
Ultimate
570 to 1100 MPa, or 82 to 150 103 psi
Tensile Strength
Yield (Proof)
260 to 880 MPa, or 37 to 120 103 psi
Thermal Conductivity
Ambient
17 to 22 W/m-K
Thermal Diffusivity
Thermal Expansion
20 to 100°C
14 µm/m-K

Only showing properties for which the substantial majority of variants have data.

See Also

J. R. Davis (editor), ASM Specialty Handbook: Nickel, Cobalt, and Their Alloys, ASM International, 2000 (link).

Properties and Selection: Nonferrous Alloys and Special-Purpose Materials, ASM Handbook vol. 2, ASM International, 1993 (link).

Ulrich Heubner (editor), Nickel Alloys, 1998 (link).

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