Nickel 685 vs. Type 3 Magnetic Alloy
Both nickel 685 and Type 3 magnetic alloy are nickel alloys. They have 61% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is nickel 685 and the bottom bar is Type 3 magnetic alloy.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 180 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 17 | |
| 43 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 470 | |
| 170 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.31 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 70 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 770 | |
| 380 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1250 | |
| 550 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 850 | |
| 210 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1000 | |
| 910 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1370 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1330 | |
| 1320 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 450 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 75 | |
| 55 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.4 | |
| 8.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 10 | |
| 8.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 140 | |
| 120 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 340 | |
| 220 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1820 | |
| 120 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 12 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 42 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 31 | |
| 17 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 37 | |
| 18 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 1.2 to 1.6 | |
| 0 |
| Boron (B), % | 0.0030 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.030 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 18 to 21 | |
| 2.0 to 3.0 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 12 to 15 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 4.0 to 6.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 9.9 to 19 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 3.5 to 5.0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 49.6 to 62.5 | |
| 75 to 78 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 2.8 to 3.3 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0.020 to 0.12 | |
| 0 |