Nickel 601 vs. EN 2.4879 Cast Nickel
Both nickel 601 and EN 2.4879 cast nickel are nickel alloys. They have 86% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is nickel 601 and the bottom bar is EN 2.4879 cast nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 10 to 38 | |
| 3.4 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 220 to 380 | |
| 110 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 80 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 660 to 890 | |
| 490 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 290 to 800 | |
| 270 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 330 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1100 | |
| 1150 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1360 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 11 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 49 | |
| 55 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.3 | |
| 8.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.0 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 110 | |
| 120 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 280 | |
| 270 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 86 to 200 | |
| 14 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 210 to 1630 | |
| 180 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 30 | |
| 16 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 25 | |
| 16 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 2.8 | |
| 2.8 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 to 23 | |
| 13 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 1.0 to 1.7 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0.35 to 0.55 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 21 to 25 | |
| 27 to 30 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 7.7 to 20 | |
| 9.4 to 20.7 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 58 to 63 | |
| 47 to 50 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 1.0 to 2.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 4.0 to 6.0 |