Hempel Special Metals

Alloy 201 / 2.4068

Wido Glombitza

Business Unit Manager Medical, Aerospace, Industry

+41 (0)44 823 88 27
Wido Glombitza

Alloy 201 has excellent resistance to many corrosive media from acid to alkaline and is corrosion resistant. Alloy 201 offers good mechanical properties within a wide range of temperatures as well as magnetic and magnetostrictive properties and useful thermal and electrical conductivities.

Material Data Sheet

Material Designation2.4066/2.4068
AlloyAlloy 201
EN Material Symbol-
UNSN 02201
TrademarkNickel 99.2 / LC Nickel 99.2
VdTÜV Data Sheet345

Main fields of application of Alloy 201

Alloy 201 is commonly used in the food industry, but it's also used in vessels up to 600°C and sodium hydroxide evaporators up to 450°C. Alloy 201 is also often used in vessels for the production of flour, hydrochloric acid, or vinyl chloride monomer.

Chemical composition of Alloy 201

Ni%C%Si%Mn%Fe%S%Ti%Cu%Mg%
99.000.020.200.350.040.010.100.250.15

Characteristics of Alloy 201

Temperature RangeDensityHardness (HB)
-8.9 g/cm³-
-Material for wet corrosion-
Melting Range1435-1445 °C-

Filler metal (for welding with 2.4066/2.4068)

2.4155, 2.4620, 2.4806, covered electrodes 2.4156

Delivery program

Sheets and Plates: 3 - 10 mm in stock

With short delivery time: plates or sheets, tubes, flanges, forged or die-cut rings and round blanks, elbows, T-fittings, reductions, screws, nuts or washers according to your request. According to your individual wishes, we are able to cut our material with our plasma- or waterjet cutter. Our material is stocked in superformats of 2000x6000mm. Cut to size on request.