Full-Hard Nickel Alloy 600
Full-hard nickel 600 is nickel 600 in the full-hard temper. It has the highest strength and lowest ductility compared to the other variants of nickel 600. The graph bars on the material properties cards below compare full-hard nickel 600 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
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus
190 GPa 28 x 106 psi
Elongation at Break
3.4 %
Fatigue Strength
300 MPa 44 x 103 psi
Poisson's Ratio
0.29
Shear Modulus
75 GPa 11 x 106 psi
Shear Strength
570 MPa 83 x 103 psi
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS)
990 MPa 140 x 103 psi
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof)
760 MPa 110 x 103 psi
Thermal Properties
Curie Temperature
-120 °C -190 °F
Latent Heat of Fusion
310 J/g
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical
1100 °C 2010 °F
Melting Completion (Liquidus)
1410 °C 2580 °F
Melting Onset (Solidus)
1350 °C 2470 °F
Specific Heat Capacity
460 J/kg-K 0.11 BTU/lb-°F
Thermal Conductivity
14 W/m-K 8.2 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
Calomel Potential
-170 mV
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
250 L/kg 30 gal/lb
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work)
31 MJ/m3
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience)
1490 kJ/m3
Stiffness to Weight: Axial
13 points
Stiffness to Weight: Bending
23 points
Strength to Weight: Axial
32 points
Strength to Weight: Bending
26 points
Thermal Diffusivity
3.6 mm2/s
Thermal Shock Resistance
29 points
Alloy Composition
| Ni | 72 to 80 | |
| Cr | 14 to 17 | |
| Fe | 6.0 to 10 | |
| Mn | 0 to 1.0 | |
| Si | 0 to 0.5 | |
| Cu | 0 to 0.5 | |
| C | 0 to 0.15 | |
| S | 0 to 0.015 |
All values are % weight. Ranges represent what is permitted under applicable standards.
Followup Questions
Further Reading
ASTM B167: Standard Specification for Nickel-Chromium-Iron Alloys (UNS N06600, N06601, N06603, N06690, N06693, N06025, and N06045) and Nickel-Chromium-Cobalt-Molybdenum Alloy (UNS N06617) Seamless Pipe and Tube
ASTM B168: Standard Specification Nickel-Chromium-Iron Alloys (UNS N06600, N06601, N06603, N06690, N06693, N06025, and N06045) and Nickel-Chromium-Cobalt-Molybdenum Alloy (UNS N06617) Plate, Sheet, and Strip
Microstructure of Superalloys, Madeleine Durand-Charre, 1998
ASM Specialty Handbook: Nickel, Cobalt, and Their Alloys, Joseph R. Davis (editor), 2000
Aerospace Materials, Brian Cantor et al. (editors), 2001
Engineering Properties of Nickel and Nickel Alloys, John L. Everhart, 1971
Nickel Alloys, Ulrich Heubner (editor), 1998