Technical information, including mechanical and electrical properties, material specifications, and thermal coefficient and conductivity data are provided in the charts via the respective links below.
No one offers a broader range of metals and alloys than HPM. Contact your HPM technical support representative with any questions.
The Thermal Expansion Coefficient for a given material is a measure of the fractional change in length per degree change in temperature. The coefficient itself slightly changes with temperature and is most commonly reported as an average value for the temperature range of interest, typically room temperature to 100° C. A ranking for a group of materials available from Hamilton Precision Metals follows.
Metal Alloy
TEC 106/° C
Temperature Range
Shunt Manganin
18.7
20° to 100°C
Phosphor Bronze A
17.8
20° to 300°C
Beryllium Copper 25
17.5
20° to 200°C
SS 302/304/304L
17.3
0° to 100°C
SS 305
17.3
0° to 100°C
Copper 102
17.0
20° to 100°C
SS 301
16.9
0° to 100°C
Nickel Silver 55-18
16.7
20° to 300°C
Cu-Ni 715
16.2
20° to 300°C
SS 316/316L
16.0
0° to 100°C
Balco
15.0
20° to 100°C
Constantan
14.9
20° to 100°C
HPM Beryllium Nickel
14.4
20° to 550°C
HPM 600
14.2
20° to 315°C
HPM 400
13.9
20° to 100°C
HPM 80/20 A - 80/20AL
13.4
20° to 100°C
HPM Nickel 200/201/270
13.3
0° to 100°C
Evanohm® R/S
13.0
20° to 100°C
Moly Permalloy
12.7
25° to 200°C
HPM X 750
12.6
20° to 100°C
Havar
12.5
0° to 50°C
HPM C-276
11.2
25° to 100°C
SS 410
11.0
0° to 100°C
SS 17-4 PH (HT)
10.8
21° to 93°C
HPM 455
10.6
22° to 93°C
SS 430
10.5
0° to 100°C
SS 420
10.3
0° to 100°C
SS 17-7 PH
10.3
21° to 93°C
Precision C
10.1
30° to 200°C
HPM Ni 52
10.0
30° to 500°C
CP Titanium
8.6
0° to 100°C
Precision C
8.1
-45° to 65°C
HPM Ni 42
6.0
30° to 400°C
Rodar
4.9
30° to 400°C
HPM Ni 36
1.05
20° to 200°C
Electrical Resistivity
Resistivity characterizes a metals inherent capacity to support the flow of electrical current.
The measured resistivity is the inverse of electrical conductivity and is expressed in Microhmcm.
Conversion to other common units for resistivity are as follows:
1 Microhmcm = 6.015 ohms CMF (ohms circular mil per foot)
1 Microhmcm = 4.724 ohms SMF (ohms square mil per foot)
A ranking for a group of metals available from HPM is as follows:
Metal / Alloy
Resistivity @ R.T. Microhm cm
Copper 102
1.71
HPM Nickel 270
7.5
Beryllium Copper 25
7.8
HPM Nickel 201
8.5
HPM Nickel 200
9.5
Phosphor Bronze A
11.5
Balco
19.9
HPM Beryllium Nickel
28.7
Nickel Silver 55-18
31.4
Shunt Manganin
38.1
Cu-Ni 715
39.5
HPM Ni 52
43.0
Rodar
49.0
Constantan
50.8
HPM 400
51.0
SS 420
55.0
CP Titanium
56.0
SS 410
57.0
Moly Permalloy
59.0
SS 430
60.0
HPM Ni 42
70.0
SS 301
72.0
SS 302/304/304L
72.0
SS 305
74.0
SS 316/316L
74.0
HPM 455
79.0
SS 17-4 PH (HT)
80.0
HPM Ni 36
82.0
SS 17-7 PH
83.0
Havar
92.0
Precision C
102.0
HPM 600
103.0
HPM 80/20 A - 80/20 AL
108.0
HPM X 750
119.0
HPM C-276
130.0
Evanohm® R
133.0
Evanohm® S
137.0
Thermal Conductivity
Thermal Conductivity describes the inherent capacity of a metal to support the flow of thermal energy.
Thermal Conductivity is expressed in W/mK (Watts per meter degree Kelvin).
Conversion to other common units of Thermal Conductivity are as follows: