Datasheet
Kanthal Appliance Alloys Handbook. 59
9
Cross
Dia- Resistance Surface
sectional
meter at 20 °Ccm
2
/Ω
1)
Weight area area
mm Ω/m at 20 °C g/m cm
2
/m mm
2
6.0 0.0393 4801 232 188 28.3
5.5 0.0467 3698 195 173 23.8
5.0 0.0565 2779 161 157 19.6
4.75 0.0626 2382 145 149 17.7
4.5 0.0698 2026 130 141 15.9
4.25 0.0782 1706 116 134 14.2
4.0 0.0883 1423 103 126 12.6
3.75 0.101 1172 90.6 118 11.0
3.5 0.115 953 78.9 110 9.62
3.25 0.134 763 68.0 102 8.30
3.0 0.157 600 58.0 94.2 7.07
2.8 0.180 488 50.5 88.0 6.16
2.6 0.209 391 43.5 81.7 5.31
2.5 0.226 347 40.3 78.5 4.91
2.2 0.292 237 31.2 69.1 3.80
2.0 0.353 178 25.8 62.8 3.14
1.9 0.391 152 23.2 59.7 2.84
1.8 0.436 130 20.9 56.5 2.54
1.7 0.489 109 18.6 53.4 2.27
1.6 0.552 91.0 16.5 50.3 2.01
1.5 0.628 75.0 14.5 47.1 1.77
1.4 0.721 61.0 12.6 44.0 1.54
1.3 0.836 48.8 10.9 40.8 1.33
1.2 0.981 38.4 9.27 37.7 1.13
1.1 1.17 29.6 7.79 34.6 0.950
1.0 1.41 22.2 6.44 31.4 0.785
0.95 1.57 19.1 5.81 29.8 0.709
0.90 1.74 16.2 5.22 28.3 0.636
0.85 1.96 13.7 4.65 26.7 0.567
0.80 2.21 11.4 4.12 25.1 0.503
°C 20 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1000 1100 1200
C
t
1.00 1.02 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.08 1.09 1.09 1.10 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13
To obtain resistance at working temperature, multiply by the factor C
t
in the following table:
NIKROTHAL 60
Wire
Cross
Dia- Resistance Surface
sectional
meter at 20 °Ccm
2
/Ω
1)
Weight area area
mm Ω/m at 20 °C g/m cm
2
/m mm
2
0.75 2.51 9.38 3.62 23.6 0.442
0.70 2.88 7.62 3.16 22.0 0.385
0.65 3.35 6.10 2.72 20.4 0.332
0.60 3.93 4.80 2.32 18.8 0.283
0.55 4.67 3.70 1.95 17.3 0.238
0.50 5.65 2.78 1.61 15.7 0.196
0.475 6.26 2.38 1.45 14.9 0.177
0.45 6.98 2.03 1.30 14.1 0.159
0.425 7.82 1.71 1.16 13.4 0.142
0.40 8.83 1.42 1.03 12.6 0.126
0.375 10.1 1.17 0.906 11.8
0.35 11.5 0.953 0.789 11.0
0.32 13.8 0.728 0.659 10.1
0.30 15.7 0.600 0.580 9.42
0.28 18.0 0.488 0.505 8.80
0.26 20.9 0.391 0.435 8.17
0.25 22.6 0.347 0.403 7.85
0.24 24.5 0.307 0.371 7.54
0.23 26.7 0.270 0.341 7.23
0.22 29.2 0.237 0.312 6.91
0.21 32.0 0.206 0.284 6.60
0.20 35.3 0.178 0.258 6.28
0.19 39.1 0.152 0.232 5.97
0.18 43.6 0.130 0.209 5.65
0.17 48.9 0.109 0.186 5.34
0.16 55.2 0.0910 0.165 5.03
0.15 62.8 0.0750 0.145 4.71
0.14 72.1 0.0610 0.126 4.40
0.13 83.6 0.0488 0.109 4.08
Diameter range Resistivity Density
Alloy mm Ωmm
2
m
-1
gcm
-3
NIKROTHAL 60 6.0-0.015 1.11 8.20
1)
cm
2
/Ω = I
2
· C
t
/p (I = Current, C
t
= temperature factor, p = surface load W/cm
2
)