Nickel 601 vs. Monel 400
Both nickel 601 and Monel 400 are nickel alloys. They have 63% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is nickel 601 and the bottom bar is Monel 400.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 160 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 10 to 38 | |
| 20 to 40 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 220 to 380 | |
| 230 to 290 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 62 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 440 to 530 | |
| 370 to 490 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 660 to 890 | |
| 540 to 780 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 290 to 800 | |
| 210 to 590 |
Thermal Properties
| Curie Temperature, °C | -200 | |
| 40 |
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1100 | |
| 1000 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1350 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1360 | |
| 1300 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 430 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 11 | |
| 23 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
| 14 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.5 | |
| 3.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 1.6 | |
| 3.4 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 49 | |
| 50 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.3 | |
| 8.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.0 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 110 | |
| 110 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 280 | |
| 250 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 86 to 200 | |
| 140 to 180 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 210 to 1630 | |
| 140 to 1080 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 10 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 30 | |
| 17 to 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 25 | |
| 17 to 21 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 2.8 | |
| 6.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 to 23 | |
| 17 to 25 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 1.0 to 1.7 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 21 to 25 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 28 to 34 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 7.7 to 20 | |
| 0 to 2.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 58 to 63 | |
| 63 to 72 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.024 |