Cold Worked Monel K-500 vs. Cold Worked Nickel 601
Both cold worked Monel K-500 and cold worked nickel 601 are nickel alloys. Both are furnished in the cold worked (strain hardened) condition. They have 64% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is cold worked Monel K-500 and the bottom bar is cold worked nickel 601.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 160 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 25 | |
| 10 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 560 | |
| 380 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 61 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 700 | |
| 530 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1100 | |
| 890 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 880 | |
| 800 |
Thermal Properties
| Curie Temperature, °C | -67 | |
| -200 |
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 320 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 900 | |
| 1100 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1350 | |
| 1410 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1320 | |
| 1360 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 440 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 18 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
| 14 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 3.1 | |
| 1.5 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.2 | |
| 1.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 50 | |
| 49 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.7 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.1 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 120 | |
| 110 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 280 | |
| 280 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 260 | |
| 86 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 2420 | |
| 1630 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 10 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 35 | |
| 30 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 27 | |
| 25 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.8 | |
| 2.8 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 36 | |
| 23 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 2.3 to 3.2 | |
| 1.0 to 1.7 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.18 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 21 to 25 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 27 to 33 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 7.7 to 20 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 63 to 70.4 | |
| 58 to 63 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.35 to 0.85 | |
| 0 |