Nickel 242 vs. N10003 Nickel
Both nickel 242 and N10003 nickel are nickel alloys. Both are furnished in the annealed condition. They have a moderately high 90% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is nickel 242 and the bottom bar is N10003 nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 220 | |
| 210 | 
| Elongation at Break, % | 45 | |
| 42 | 
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 300 | |
| 260 | 
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.3 | 
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 84 | |
| 80 | 
| Shear Strength, MPa | 570 | |
| 540 | 
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 820 | |
| 780 | 
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 350 | |
| 320 | 
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 330 | |
| 320 | 
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 930 | |
| 930 | 
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1520 | 
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1290 | |
| 1460 | 
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 400 | |
| 420 | 
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 11 | |
| 12 | 
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 13 | 
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.4 | |
| 1.4 | 
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 1.4 | |
| 1.4 | 
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 75 | |
| 70 | 
| Density, g/cm3 | 9.0 | |
| 8.9 | 
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 14 | |
| 13 | 
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 180 | |
| 180 | 
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 290 | |
| 270 | 
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 300 | |
| 260 | 
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 280 | |
| 240 | 
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 | 
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 22 | 
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 25 | |
| 24 | 
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
| 21 | 
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.1 | |
| 3.1 | 
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 25 | |
| 21 | 
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 | 
| Boron (B), % | 0 to 0.0060 | |
| 0 to 0.010 | 
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0.040 to 0.080 | 
| Chromium (Cr), % | 7.0 to 9.0 | |
| 6.0 to 8.0 | 
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 | 
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.35 | 
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 5.0 | 
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.8 | |
| 0 to 1.0 | 
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 24 to 26 | |
| 15 to 18 | 
| Nickel (Ni), % | 59.3 to 69 | |
| 64.8 to 79 | 
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.015 | 
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.8 | |
| 0 to 1.0 | 
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.020 | 
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 | 
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |