Nickel 693 vs. Nickel 59
Both nickel 693 and nickel 59 are nickel alloys. Both are furnished in the annealed condition. They have 84% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is nickel 693 and the bottom bar is nickel 59.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 220 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 34 | |
| 50 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 230 | |
| 320 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 84 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 440 | |
| 560 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 660 | |
| 780 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 310 | |
| 350 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 330 | |
| 330 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1010 | |
| 990 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1350 | |
| 1500 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1310 | |
| 1450 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 430 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 9.1 | |
| 10 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 60 | |
| 65 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.1 | |
| 8.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 9.9 | |
| 12 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 140 | |
| 160 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 320 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 190 | |
| 320 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 250 | |
| 280 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 23 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
| 22 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 2.3 | |
| 2.7 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 | |
| 15 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 2.5 to 4.0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.4 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 27 to 31 | |
| 22 to 24 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 2.5 to 6.0 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 15 to 16.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 53.3 to 67.5 | |
| 56.2 to 62.9 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.5 to 2.5 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |