N10003 Nickel vs. Nickel 617
Both N10003 nickel and nickel 617 are nickel alloys. Both are furnished in the annealed condition. They have 72% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is N10003 nickel and the bottom bar is nickel 617.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 210 | |
| 210 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 42 | |
| 40 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 260 | |
| 220 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 80 | |
| 80 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 540 | |
| 510 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 780 | |
| 740 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 320 | |
| 280 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 330 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 930 | |
| 1010 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1520 | |
| 1380 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1330 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 420 | |
| 450 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 12 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.4 | |
| 1.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 1.4 | |
| 1.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 70 | |
| 75 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.9 | |
| 8.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 13 | |
| 10 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 180 | |
| 140 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 270 | |
| 350 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 260 | |
| 230 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 240 | |
| 190 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
| 21 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.1 | |
| 3.5 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 | |
| 21 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0.8 to 1.5 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.0060 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.040 to 0.080 | |
| 0.050 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 6.0 to 8.0 | |
| 20 to 24 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 10 to 15 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 5.0 | |
| 0 to 3.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 15 to 18 | |
| 8.0 to 10 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 64.8 to 79 | |
| 44.5 to 62 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |