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Brand Name Form of Delivery

SUPER-PURE NICKEL
Material Code SUPER-PURE NICKEL is supplied in the form of round wire in the
Abbreviation range 3.0 to 0.01 mm diam. in bare or enamelled condition, also with
Ni 99.98 rayon or silk covering.
Chemical Composition (mass components) in % Average values of alloy components
Ni
99.98

Features and Electrical Resistance (Reference Values)

Application Notes Temperature coefficient of
1)
Electrical resistivity
2)
in: µΩ x cm (first line) & CMF (second line)
electrical resistance between Reference Values
SUPER-PURE NICKEL is
20 °C and 105 °C 20°C 100°C 200°C 300°C 400°C 500°C
especially characterized by -6
very high temperature 10 /K Perm. Dev.:
coefficient and low ±10%
resistivity. SUPER-PURE
NICKEL is used for resistors appr. +6600 6.6 11 17 24 31 35
with a strongly temperature- 39.7 66 102 144 186 211
dependent resistance value.
SUPER-PURE NICKEL is Physical Characteristics (Reference Values)
magnetic up a temperature
Density Melting Specific heat Thermal Average linear thermal Thermal EMF
of appr. 360°C (the curie
point is at appr. 375.5°C). at 20°C Point at 20°C conductivity expansion coefficient between against copper at
The maximum working at 20°C 20°C and 20°C
temperature in air is 700°C. 100°C 400°C
µV/K
-6 -6
g/cm³ lb/cub in °C J/g K W/m K 10 /K 10 /K
8.9 1453 see spezial graphs -23
Strength Properties at 20 °C in annealed Condition
Tensile Strength Elongation (L0=100mm) % at nominal diameter in mm
MPa lb / sq in 0.02 to 0.063 0.063 to 0.125 0.125 to 0.5 0.5 to 1 over 1
>400 <10 10 15 18 20
1) These are approximate values; tolerances must separately be agreed upon.
2) As with all pure metals, the thermal conductivity strongly depends on the puity and temperature.

Notes on Treatment
SUPER-PURE NICKEL is very soft as compared with the types of technically pure nickel quoted in DIN 17740;
this must be taken into consideration when it is processed. As can be seen from the following graphs, its
physical properties are heavily temperature-dependent, the latter being strongly affected if the Curie point is
exceeded.

Special Remarks on the Behaviour of the Electrical Resistance vs. Temperature

The variation of the resistivity of SUPER-PURE NICKEL vs. temperature in the range between -200 and
+1000°C is shown in Graph 1. As can be seen, the values below the Curie point are distinctly lower than could
be expected on the basic of the behaviour in the paramagnetic range. Accordingly, the temperature coefficient
increases from a value of 6600ppm/K in the range between 0 and 100°C to values of about 10000ppm/K in the
range between 0 and 357°C and shows a distinct decrease at still highter temperatures. The ratio of the
resistivity values at 1200 and at 20°C is >7.0.

Graph 1:

Resistivity of
Nickel vs.
Temperature
*1ppm = 10-6 = 0.0001%, 1000ppm = 1 · 10-3 = 0,1%.
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Graph 2:

Specific Heat and

Enthalpy of
SUPER-PURE
NICKEL.

Graph 3:

Thermal
Conductivity of
two Nickel Types
of Different
Pureness

Graph 4:

Thermal
Expansion
Coefficient of
Super-Pure Nickel

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