EN 2.4878 Nickel vs. Monel K-500
Both EN 2.4878 nickel and Monel K-500 are nickel alloys. They have 51% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 2.4878 nickel and the bottom bar is Monel K-500.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 160 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 13 to 17 | |
| 25 to 36 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 400 to 410 | |
| 260 to 560 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 61 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 750 to 760 | |
| 430 to 700 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1210 to 1250 | |
| 640 to 1100 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 740 to 780 | |
| 310 to 880 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 330 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1030 | |
| 900 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1370 | |
| 1350 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1320 | |
| 1320 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 440 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 11 | |
| 18 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 14 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 80 | |
| 50 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.3 | |
| 8.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 10 | |
| 8.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
| 120 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 370 | |
| 280 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 150 to 180 | |
| 180 to 260 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1370 to 1540 | |
| 300 to 2420 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 10 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 41 to 42 | |
| 21 to 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 31 | |
| 19 to 27 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 2.8 | |
| 4.8 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 37 to 39 | |
| 21 to 36 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 1.2 to 1.6 | |
| 2.3 to 3.2 |
| Boron (B), % | 0.010 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.030 to 0.070 | |
| 0 to 0.18 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 23 to 25 | |
| 0 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 19 to 21 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 27 to 33 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 43.6 to 52.2 | |
| 63 to 70.4 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.7 to 1.2 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.0070 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 2.8 to 3.2 | |
| 0.35 to 0.85 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0.030 to 0.070 | |
| 0 |