AWS BNi-3 vs. Nickel 201
Both AWS BNi-3 and nickel 201 are nickel alloys. They have a moderately high 92% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 19 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (13, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AWS BNi-3 and the bottom bar is nickel 201.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 170 | |
| 180 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.31 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 66 | |
| 70 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 430 | |
| 390 to 660 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 350 | |
| 290 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1040 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 980 | |
| 1440 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 440 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 10 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 60 | |
| 65 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.3 | |
| 8.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 9.9 | |
| 11 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 140 | |
| 150 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 220 | |
| 230 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 12 | |
| 11 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 12 to 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 15 | |
| 13 to 19 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 | |
| 11 to 19 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Boron (B), % | 2.8 to 3.5 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 90.1 to 93.3 | |
| 99 to 100 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Selenium (Se), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 4.0 to 5.0 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |