Nickel 601 vs. Nickel 890
Both nickel 601 and nickel 890 are nickel alloys. They have 81% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 26 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 601 and the bottom bar is nickel 890.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 10 to 38 | |
| 39 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 220 to 380 | |
| 180 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 78 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 440 to 530 | |
| 400 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 660 to 890 | |
| 590 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 290 to 800 | |
| 230 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 330 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1100 | |
| 1000 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1390 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1360 | |
| 1340 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
| 14 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 49 | |
| 47 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.3 | |
| 8.1 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.0 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 110 | |
| 120 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 280 | |
| 250 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 86 to 200 | |
| 180 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 210 to 1630 | |
| 140 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 30 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 25 | |
| 19 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 to 23 | |
| 15 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 1.0 to 1.7 | |
| 0.050 to 0.6 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0.060 to 0.14 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 21 to 25 | |
| 23.5 to 28.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 7.7 to 20 | |
| 17.3 to 33.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 2.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 58 to 63 | |
| 40 to 45 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 1.0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 1.0 to 2.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.6 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.6 |