EN 2.4608 (NiCr26MoW) Nickel Alloy
Nickel Alloys
Property Overview
Density8.5g/cm³
Elastic Modulus210GPa
Tensile Strength550MPa
Yield Strength240MPa
Brinell HardnessUnknown
Maximum Service Temperature1000°C
Chemical Composition
C
0.030 to 0.080%
CR
24 to 26%
NI
44 to 47%
MO
2.5 to 4.0%
MN
0 to 2.0%
SI
0.7 to 1.5%
P
0 to 0.030%
S
0 to 0.015%
CO
2.5 to 4.0%
W
2.5 to 4.0%
FE
11.4 to 23.8%
Mechanical
A - Min. elongation at fracture (%) (+AT)
30
+AT
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus
210 GPa
Elongation at Break
34 %
Fatigue Strength
200 MPa
Poisson's Ratio
0.28
R p0.2 0.2% proof strength (MPa) (+AT)
240
+AT
Rm - Tensile strength (MPa) (+AT)
550
+AT
Shear Modulus
81 GPa
Shear Strength
410 MPa
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS)
620 MPa
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof)
270 MPa
Hardness
+A Soft annealed +AC Annealed to achieve spheroidization of the carbides +AR As rolled +AT Solution annealed +C Cold drawn / hard +CR Cold rolled +FP Treated to ferrite-pearlite structure and hardness range +I Isothermal annealing +LC Cold drawn / soft +M Thermo mechanical rolling +N Normalized +NT Normalized and tempered
+P Precipitation hardened +PE Peeled +QA Air quenched and tempered +QL Liquid quenched and tempered +QT Quenched and tempered +S Treated to improve shearability +SH As rolled and turned +SR Cold drawn and stress relieved +T Tempered +TH Treated to hardness range +WW Warm worked +U Untreated
+A
Physical
Density
8.5 g/cm 3
Thermal
Latent Heat of Fusion
330 J/g
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical
1000 °C
Melting Completion (Liquidus)
1460 °C
Melting Onset (Solidus)
1410 °C
Specific Heat Capacity
460 J/kg-K
Thermal Conductivity
11 W/m-K
Thermal Diffusivity
2.9 mm 2 /s
Thermal Expansion
13 µm/m-K
Thermal Shock Resistance
16 points
Electrical
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume
1.5 % IACS
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific)
1.6 % IACS
Calculated
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work)
170 MJ/m 3
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience)
180 kJ/m 3
Stiffness to Weight: Axial
14 points
Stiffness to Weight: Bending
23 points
Strength to Weight: Axial
20 points
Strength to Weight: Bending
19 points
Environmental
Base Metal Price
55 % relative
Embodied Carbon
8.4 kg CO 2 /kg material
Embodied Energy
120 MJ/kg
Embodied Energy
120 MJ/kg 51 x 10 3 BTU/lb
Embodied Water
270 L/kg
Embodied Water
270 L/kg 32 gal/lb
Registered Designations & Aliases
2.46082.4608EN 2.4608 (NiCr26MoW) Nickel AlloyNiCr26MoWNiCr26MoW
Standards
EN 10302 EN 10302: 2008 Creep resisting steels, nickel and cobalt alloys
EN 10302 EN 10302: Creep resisting steels, nickel and cobalt alloys
EN 10302 EN 10302: Creep resisting steels, nickel and cobalt alloys Engineering Properties of Nickel and Nickel Alloys, John L. Everhart, 1971 Nickel Alloys, Ulrich Heubner (editor), 1998