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EN 2.4816 (NiCr15Fe) Nickel Alloy

EN 2.4816 nickel is a nickel alloy formulated for primary forming into wrought products. Cited properties are appropriate for the annealed condition. 2.4816 is the EN numeric designation for this material. NiCr15Fe is the EN chemical designation.

The graph bars on the material properties cards below compare EN 2.4816 nickel to: wrought nickels (top), all nickel alloys (middle), and the entire database (bottom). A full bar means this is the highest value in the relevant set. A half-full bar means it's 50% of the highest, and so on.

Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness

170

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus

190 GPa 28 x 106 psi

Elongation at Break

34 %

Fatigue Strength

200 MPa 28 x 103 psi

Poisson's Ratio

0.29

Shear Modulus

74 GPa 11 x 106 psi

Shear Strength

470 MPa 68 x 103 psi

Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS)

700 MPa 100 x 103 psi

Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof)

270 MPa 39 x 103 psi

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion

310 J/g

Maximum Temperature: Mechanical

1150 °C 2100 °F

Melting Completion (Liquidus)

1370 °C 2490 °F

Melting Onset (Solidus)

1320 °C 2410 °F

Specific Heat Capacity

460 J/kg-K 0.11 BTU/lb-°F

Thermal Conductivity

15 W/m-K 8.7 BTU/h-ft-°F

Thermal Expansion

13 µm/m-K

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume

1.7 % IACS

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific)

1.8 % IACS

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price

55 % relative

Density

8.5 g/cm3 530 lb/ft3

Embodied Carbon

9.0 kg CO2/kg material

Embodied Energy

130 MJ/kg 54 x 103 BTU/lb

Embodied Water

260 L/kg 31 gal/lb

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work)

190 MJ/m3

Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience)

190 kJ/m3

Stiffness to Weight: Axial

13 points

Stiffness to Weight: Bending

23 points

Strength to Weight: Axial

23 points

Strength to Weight: Bending

21 points

Thermal Diffusivity

3.8 mm2/s

Thermal Shock Resistance

20 points

Alloy Composition

Nickel (Ni)Ni 72 to 80
Chromium (Cr)Cr 14 to 17
Iron (Fe)Fe 6.0 to 10
Manganese (Mn)Mn 0 to 1.0
Silicon (Si)Si 0 to 0.5
Copper (Cu)Cu 0 to 0.5
Aluminum (Al)Al 0 to 0.3
Titanium (Ti)Ti 0 to 0.3
Carbon (C)C 0.050 to 0.1
Phosphorus (P)P 0 to 0.020
Sulfur (S)S 0 to 0.015

All values are % weight. Ranges represent what is permitted under applicable standards.

Followup Questions

Similar Alloys

Further Reading

EN 10095: Heat resisting steels and nickel alloys

Engineering Properties of Nickel and Nickel Alloys, John L. Everhart, 1971

Nickel Alloys, Ulrich Heubner (editor), 1998