N12160 Nickel vs. Nickel 693
Both N12160 nickel and nickel 693 are nickel alloys. Both are furnished in the annealed condition. They have 66% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is N12160 nickel and the bottom bar is nickel 693.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 210 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 45 | |
| 34 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 230 | |
| 230 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 80 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 500 | |
| 440 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 710 | |
| 660 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 270 | |
| 310 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 360 | |
| 330 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1060 | |
| 1010 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1330 | |
| 1350 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1280 | |
| 1310 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 11 | |
| 9.1 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 90 | |
| 60 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 8.1 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.5 | |
| 9.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 120 | |
| 140 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 400 | |
| 320 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 260 | |
| 190 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 180 | |
| 250 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 21 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 2.8 | |
| 2.3 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 | |
| 19 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 2.5 to 4.0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 26 to 30 | |
| 27 to 31 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 27 to 33 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 3.5 | |
| 2.5 to 6.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 25 to 44.4 | |
| 53.3 to 67.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.5 to 2.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 2.4 to 3.0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.2 to 0.8 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |