N06603 Nickel vs. N06985 Nickel
Both N06603 nickel and N06985 nickel are nickel alloys. They have 77% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is N06603 nickel and the bottom bar is N06985 nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 210 | 
| Elongation at Break, % | 28 | |
| 45 | 
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 230 | |
| 220 | 
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 | 
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 80 | 
| Shear Strength, MPa | 480 | |
| 480 | 
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 740 | |
| 690 | 
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 340 | |
| 260 | 
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 320 | 
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1000 | |
| 990 | 
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1340 | |
| 1350 | 
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1300 | |
| 1260 | 
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 450 | 
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 11 | |
| 10 | 
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
| 15 | 
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.5 | |
| 1.5 | 
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 1.6 | |
| 1.6 | 
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 50 | |
| 55 | 
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 8.4 | 
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.4 | |
| 8.8 | 
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 120 | |
| 120 | 
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 300 | |
| 270 | 
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 170 | |
| 250 | 
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 300 | |
| 160 | 
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 | 
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 23 | 
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 25 | |
| 23 | 
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 21 | 
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 2.9 | |
| 2.6 | 
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 20 | |
| 16 | 
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 2.4 to 3.0 | |
| 0 | 
| Carbon (C), % | 0.2 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.015 | 
| Chromium (Cr), % | 24 to 26 | |
| 21 to 23.5 | 
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 5.0 | 
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 1.5 to 2.5 | 
| Iron (Fe), % | 8.0 to 11 | |
| 18 to 21 | 
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 1.0 | 
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 6.0 to 8.0 | 
| Nickel (Ni), % | 57.7 to 65.6 | |
| 35.9 to 53.5 | 
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 | 
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.040 | 
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 | 
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.030 | 
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.010 to 0.25 | |
| 0 | 
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.5 | 
| Yttrium (Y), % | 0.010 to 0.15 | |
| 0 | 
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0.010 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |