Nickel 690 vs. Monel 400
Both nickel 690 and Monel 400 are nickel alloys. They have 64% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is nickel 690 and the bottom bar is Monel 400.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 160 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 3.4 to 34 | |
| 20 to 40 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 180 to 300 | |
| 230 to 290 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 79 | |
| 62 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 420 to 570 | |
| 370 to 490 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 640 to 990 | |
| 540 to 780 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 250 to 760 | |
| 210 to 590 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1010 | |
| 1000 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1350 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1340 | |
| 1300 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 430 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 14 | |
| 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 | 50 | |
| 50 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.3 | |
| 8.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.2 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 120 | |
| 110 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 290 | |
| 250 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 31 to 170 | |
| 140 to 180 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 160 to 1440 | |
| 140 to 1080 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 10 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 33 | |
| 17 to 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 27 | |
| 17 to 21 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.5 | |
| 6.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 25 | |
| 17 to 25 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 27 to 31 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 28 to 34 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 7.0 to 11 | |
| 0 to 2.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 58 to 66 | |
| 63 to 72 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.024 |