Nickel 270 Strip (899A) is the highest commercially available purity nickel. This premium alloy provides exceptional flexibility in design, offering significant cost savings, weight reduction, and enhanced power in battery systems.
Nickel 270 offers superior mechanical properties and significant advantages over lower-quality cast products in battery applications, including:
- 99.98% Pure Nickel – The highest purity commercially available.
- 20% Greater Conductivity – Compared to cast nickel products.
- Improved Power-to-Weight Ratio – For more efficient battery packs.
The Highest Purity Nickel Strip Commercially Available
Our Nickel 270 strip is engineered using advanced wrought powder metallurgy, which significantly reduces non-metallic inclusions and impurities compared to traditional casting methods. As a result, our Nickel 270 achieves an industry-leading 99.98% purity level, lowering impedance and increasing conductivity by up to 20% when compared to conventional cast materials.
20% Greater Electrical Conductivity
Nickel 270's low impurity content ensures consistent, reliable mechanical, electrical, and magnetic properties. This alloy delivers superior conductivity and corrosion resistance, making it ideal for battery connectors and electronic components across a wide range of industries. Additionally, its high thermal coefficient of electrical resistance enhances its suitability for demanding applications in
battery systems.
High Electrical Conductivity
Due to its low impurity levels, nickel 270 Strip ensures consistent and reliable mechanical, electrical, and magnetic properties. It offers excellent corrosion resistance, along with high thermal and electrical conductivity. Alloy 270 has high thermal coefficient of electrical resistance makes it suitable for
battery connectors and electronic components in a range of industries.
Nickel 270 Applications
Nickel 270 strip offers unique properties that make it advantageous for various applications:
Battery Connectors: Nickel 270 is used in the production of battery connectors and tabs enabling the connection of multiple NiMH, NiCd, or Li-Ion batteries into battery packs. These packs power rechargeable devices, such as computers, smart devices, cardiac pacemakers, power tools, electric vehicles, and aerospace batteries. Other battery applications include cathodes and switchgear connections.
Electronic Components: Nickel 270 strip is used in electronic applications such as lead wires, anodes, and other connectors, due to its ability to maintain electrical properties across a wide temperature range.
Chemical Composition
| Nickel 270 Chemistry Composition |
| Nickel |
99.9%
|
Manganese
|
0.01%
|
Iron
|
0.01%
|
| Carbon |
0.01% |
Mechanical Properties
| Nickel 270 Mechanical Properties |
|
ANNEALED |
COLD ROLLED |
| Ultimate Tensile Strength |
55,000 PSI |
105,000 PSI |
| Yield Strength (0.2% Offset) |
15,000 PSI
|
100,000 PSI
|
| Elongation in 2” * |
40%
|
20% |
Modulus of Elasticity (Tension)
|
30.1 X 106 PSI
|
- |
*The measured elongation will be less as thickness decreases to 0.002” and less.
These values may be adjusted by control of process variables – Contact us for desired values.
Physical Properties
| Nickel 270 Physical Properties |
| Density |
0.322 lbs./cu.in. |
Melting Point (Approx.)
|
1450°C
|
Electrical Resistivity @ R.T.
|
7.4 Microhm·cm
|
| Temperature Coefficient of Resistivity (TCR) (0°C to 25°C) |
6000 ppm/°C |
| Thermal Expansion Coefficient (20°C to 100°C) |
14.0 X 10-6 /°C |
| Thermal Conductivity @ R.T. |
86.3 W/m·K |
| Curie Temperature |
355°C |
| DC Magnetic Properties Coercivity |
3.0 oersteds |
| DC Magnetic Properties Saturation Induction |
6050 Gauss |
| Magnetic Attraction |
Yes |
| Specific Heat |
0.110 gram·cal./°C |
*Typical values to guide alloy selection but are not a guarantee of minimum or maximum.