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Half-Hard Nickel Alloy 600

Half-hard nickel 600 is nickel 600 in the half-hard temper. The graph bars on the material properties cards below compare half-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

15 %

Fatigue Strength

220 MPa 32 x 103 psi

Poisson's Ratio

0.29

Shear Modulus

75 GPa 11 x 106 psi

Shear Strength

500 MPa 73 x 103 psi

Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS)

830 MPa 120 x 103 psi

Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof)

430 MPa 62 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)

100 MJ/m3

Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience)

470 kJ/m3

Stiffness to Weight: Axial

13 points

Stiffness to Weight: Bending

23 points

Strength to Weight: Axial

27 points

Strength to Weight: Bending

23 points

Thermal Diffusivity

3.6 mm2/s

Thermal Shock Resistance

24 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
Carbon (C)C 0 to 0.15
Sulfur (S)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

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