Annealed Monel 400 vs. Annealed Monel K-500
Both annealed Monel 400 and annealed Monel K-500 are nickel alloys. Both are furnished in the annealed condition. They have a very high 99% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is annealed Monel 400 and the bottom bar is annealed Monel K-500.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 160 | |
| 160 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 40 | |
| 34 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 230 | |
| 260 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 62 | |
| 61 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 370 | |
| 430 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 540 | |
| 640 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 210 | |
| 310 |
Thermal Properties
| Curie Temperature, °C | 40 | |
| -67 |
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1000 | |
| 900 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1350 | |
| 1350 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1300 | |
| 1320 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 430 | |
| 440 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 23 | |
| 18 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
| 14 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 3.3 | |
| 3.1 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.4 | |
| 3.2 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 50 | |
| 50 |
| Calomel Potential, mV | -80 | |
| -100 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.9 | |
| 8.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 7.9 | |
| 8.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 110 | |
| 120 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 250 | |
| 280 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 170 | |
| 180 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 140 | |
| 300 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 10 | |
| 10 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 17 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 | |
| 19 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 6.1 | |
| 4.8 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 | |
| 21 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 2.3 to 3.2 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 0.18 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 28 to 34 | |
| 27 to 33 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 2.5 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 63 to 72 | |
| 63 to 70.4 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.024 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0.35 to 0.85 |