Hot Worked Nickel Alloy 600
Hot worked nickel 600 is nickel 600 in the hot worked condition. The graph bars on the material properties cards below compare hot worked 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
28 %
Fatigue Strength
280 MPa 40 x 103 psi
Poisson's Ratio
0.29
Shear Modulus
75 GPa 11 x 106 psi
Shear Strength
430 MPa 62 x 103 psi
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS)
660 MPa 96 x 103 psi
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof)
270 MPa 39 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)
150 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
22 points
Strength to Weight: Bending
20 points
Thermal Diffusivity
3.6 mm2/s
Thermal Shock Resistance
19 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 B166: Standard Specification for Nickel-Chromium-Iron Alloys (UNS N06600, N06601, N06603, N06690, N06693, N06025, and N06045) and Nickel-Chromium-Cobalt-Molybdenum Alloy (UNS N06617) Rod, Bar, and Wire
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