EN 2.4642 (NiCr29Fe) Nickel Alloy
Nickel Alloys
Property Overview
Density8.3g/cm³
Elastic Modulus200GPa
Tensile Strength590MPa
Yield Strength240MPa
Brinell HardnessUnknown
Maximum Service Temperature1010°C
Chemical Composition
C
0 to 0.050%
CR
27 to 31%
NI
55.9 to 66%
MN
0 to 0.5%
SI
0 to 0.5%
P
0 to 0.020%
S
0 to 0.015%
CU
0 to 0.5%
AL
0 to 0.5%
FE
7.0 to 11%
Mechanical
A - Min. elongation at fracture (%) (+AT)
30
+AT
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus
200 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)
590
+AT
Shear Modulus
78 GPa
Shear Strength
450 MPa
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS)
670 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
8.3 g/cm 3
Thermal
Latent Heat of Fusion
320 J/g
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical
1010 °C
Melting Completion (Liquidus)
1360 °C
Melting Onset (Solidus)
1320 °C
Specific Heat Capacity
470 J/kg-K
Thermal Conductivity
12 W/m-K
Thermal Diffusivity
3.1 mm 2 /s
Thermal Expansion
14 µm/m-K
Thermal Shock Resistance
18 points
Electrical
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume
1.5 % IACS
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific)
1.6 % IACS
Calculated
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work)
180 MJ/m 3
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience)
180 kJ/m 3
Stiffness to Weight: Axial
13 points
Stiffness to Weight: Bending
24 points
Strength to Weight: Axial
23 points
Strength to Weight: Bending
21 points
Environmental
Base Metal Price
50 % relative
Embodied Carbon
8.2 kg CO 2 /kg material
Embodied Energy
120 MJ/kg
Embodied Energy
120 MJ/kg 50 x 10 3 BTU/lb
Embodied Water
290 L/kg
Embodied Water
290 L/kg 34 gal/lb
Registered Designations & Aliases
2.46422.4642EN 2.4642 (NiCr29Fe) Nickel AlloyNiCr29FeNiCr29Fe
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