Nickel 59 vs. N12160 Nickel
Both nickel 59 and N12160 nickel are nickel alloys. Both are furnished in the annealed condition. They have 59% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is nickel 59 and the bottom bar is N12160 nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 220 | |
| 210 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 50 | |
| 45 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 320 | |
| 230 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 84 | |
| 80 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 560 | |
| 500 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 780 | |
| 710 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 350 | |
| 270 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 330 | |
| 360 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 990 | |
| 1060 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1500 | |
| 1330 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1280 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 430 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 10 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 65 | |
| 90 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.7 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 12 | |
| 8.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 160 | |
| 120 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 400 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 320 | |
| 260 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 280 | |
| 180 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 22 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 2.7 | |
| 2.8 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 | |
| 19 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.1 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 22 to 24 | |
| 26 to 30 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 27 to 33 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 to 3.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 15 to 16.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 56.2 to 62.9 | |
| 25 to 44.4 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 2.4 to 3.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.8 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |