Nickel 201 vs. C84400 Valve Metal
Nickel 201 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while C84400 valve metal belongs to the copper alloys. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is nickel 201 and the bottom bar is C84400 valve metal.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 180 | |
| 100 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 4.5 to 45 | |
| 19 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 70 | |
| 39 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 390 to 660 | |
| 230 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 80 to 510 | |
| 110 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 180 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 900 | |
| 160 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1000 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 840 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 440 | |
| 370 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 78 | |
| 72 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 19 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 19 | |
| 16 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 19 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 65 | |
| 29 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.9 | |
| 8.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 11 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
| 46 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 230 | |
| 340 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 25 to 130 | |
| 36 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 17 to 720 | |
| 58 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 11 | |
| 6.6 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 12 to 20 | |
| 7.2 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 13 to 19 | |
| 9.4 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 20 | |
| 22 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 11 to 19 | |
| 8.3 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 78 to 82 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 6.0 to 8.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 99 to 100 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 2.3 to 3.5 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 7.0 to 10 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.7 |