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UNS N06002 Nickel Alloy

N06002 nickel is a nickel alloy formulated for primary forming into wrought products. Cited properties are appropriate for the annealed condition. It has a moderately low melting temperature among the wrought nickels in the database.

The graph bars on the material properties cards below compare N06002 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

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus

210 GPa 30 x 10⁶ psi

Elongation at Break

41 %

Fatigue Strength

250 MPa 36 x 10³ psi

Poisson's Ratio

0.28

Shear Modulus

81 GPa 12 x 10⁶ psi

Shear Strength

520 MPa 76 x 10³ psi

Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS)

760 MPa 110 x 10³ psi

Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof)

310 MPa 45 x 10³ psi

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion

320 J/g

Maximum Temperature: Mechanical

990 °C 1810 °F

Melting Completion (Liquidus)

1360 °C 2470 °F

Melting Onset (Solidus)

1260 °C 2300 °F

Specific Heat Capacity

450 J/kg-K 0.11 BTU/lb-°F

Thermal Conductivity

9.9 W/m-K 5.7 BTU/h-ft-°F

Thermal Expansion

14 µm/m-K

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume

1.5 % IACS

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific)

1.6 % IACS

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price

55 % relative

Density

8.5 g/cm³ 530 lb/ft³

Embodied Carbon

9.3 kg CO₂/kg material

Embodied Energy

130 MJ/kg 54 x 10³ BTU/lb

Embodied Water

270 L/kg 32 gal/lb

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work)

250 MJ/m³

Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience)

230 kJ/m³

Stiffness to Weight: Axial

14 points

Stiffness to Weight: Bending

23 points

Strength to Weight: Axial

25 points

Strength to Weight: Bending

22 points

Thermal Diffusivity

2.6 mm²/s

Thermal Shock Resistance

19 points

Alloy Composition

Nickel (Ni)Ni		42.3 to 54
Chromium (Cr)Cr		20.5 to 23
Iron (Fe)Fe		17 to 20
Molybdenum (Mo)Mo		8.0 to 10
Cobalt (Co)Co		0.5 to 2.5
Tungsten (W)W		0.2 to 1.0
Manganese (Mn)Mn		0 to 1.0
Silicon (Si)Si		0 to 1.0
Carbon (C)C		0.050 to 0.15
Phosphorus (P)P		0 to 0.040
Sulfur (S)S		0 to 0.030