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Nickel 200 vs. Hot Pressed Silicon Nitride

Nickel 200 and hot pressed silicon nitride belong to fundamentally different material chemistries. Nickel 200 is a metal, while hot pressed silicon nitride is a ceramic material. Therefore, their performance will be even more dissimilar than would be suggested by the difference in properties. There are 14 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (26, in this case) are not shown. Please note that the two materials have significantly dissimilar densities. This means that additional care is required when interpreting the data, because some material properties are based on units of mass, while others are based on units of area or volume.

For each property being compared, the top bar is nickel 200 and the bottom bar is hot pressed silicon nitride.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 180
310
Poisson's Ratio 0.31
0.27
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 420 to 540
510

Thermal Properties

Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 900
1330
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 450
720
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 69
31
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
3.2

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Density, g/cm3 8.9
3.2

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 11
53
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 21
69
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 13 to 17
44
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 14 to 17
44
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 17
13
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 13 to 16
37