Nickel 600 vs. AWS ER120S-1
Nickel 600 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while AWS ER120S-1 belongs to the iron alloys. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is nickel 600 and the bottom bar is AWS ER120S-1.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 3.4 to 35 | |
| 17 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 650 to 990 | |
| 930 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 270 to 760 | |
| 830 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 310 | |
| 260 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1350 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 14 | |
| 46 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.7 | |
| 7.8 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 1.8 | |
| 9.0 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 55 | |
| 4.2 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.5 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 9.0 | |
| 1.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 130 | |
| 25 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 250 | |
| 56 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 31 to 180 | |
| 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 190 to 1490 | |
| 1850 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 32 | |
| 33 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 26 | |
| 27 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.6 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 to 29 | |
| 27 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 14 to 17 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 6.0 to 10 | |
| 92.4 to 96.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 1.4 to 1.8 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.3 to 0.65 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 72 to 80 | |
| 2.0 to 2.8 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0.25 to 0.6 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |