Nickel Alloy 600 (N06600, NA14)
Nickel 600 is a nickel alloy formulated for primary forming into wrought products. NA14 is the British Standard (BS) designation for this material. N06600 is the UNS number. Nickel Alloy 600 is the common industry name. Additionally, the AFNOR (French) designation is NC15Fe.
This material is well established: the Further Reading section below cites a number of published standards, and that list is not necessarily exhaustive.
The properties of nickel 600 include four common variations. This page shows summary ranges across all of them. For more specific values, follow the links immediately below. The graph bars on the material properties cards further below compare 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 to 35 %
Fatigue Strength
220 to 300 MPa 32 to 44 x 103 psi
Poisson's Ratio
0.29
Shear Modulus
75 GPa 11 x 106 psi
Shear Strength
430 to 570 MPa 62 to 83 x 103 psi
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS)
650 to 990 MPa 94 to 140 x 103 psi
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof)
270 to 760 MPa 39 to 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 to 180 MJ/m3
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience)
190 to 1490 kJ/m3
Stiffness to Weight: Axial
13 points
Stiffness to Weight: Bending
23 points
Strength to Weight: Axial
21 to 32 points
Strength to Weight: Bending
20 to 26 points
Thermal Diffusivity
3.6 mm2/s
Thermal Shock Resistance
19 to 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
Similar Alloys
Further Reading
ASTM B516: Standard Specification for Welded Nickel-Chromium-Iron Alloy (UNS N06600, UNS N06603, UNS N06025, and UNS N06045) Tubes
ASTM B517: Standard Specification for Welded Nickel-Chromium-Iron-Alloy (UNS N06600, UNS N06603, UNS N06025, and UNS N06045) Pipe
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 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
ASTM B564: Standard Specification for Nickel Alloy Forgings
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