AISI 204 Stainless Steel vs. N06230 Nickel
AISI 204 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while N06230 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys. They have a modest 21% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 204 stainless steel and the bottom bar is N06230 nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 210 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 23 to 39 | |
| 38 to 48 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 320 to 720 | |
| 250 to 360 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 83 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 500 to 700 | |
| 420 to 600 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 730 to 1100 | |
| 620 to 840 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 380 to 1080 | |
| 330 to 400 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 310 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 850 | |
| 990 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1370 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1370 | |
| 1300 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 420 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 8.9 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 1.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 1.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 10 | |
| 85 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 9.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.4 | |
| 11 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 35 | |
| 160 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
| 290 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 240 to 250 | |
| 200 to 330 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 360 to 2940 | |
| 250 to 380 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 12 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 27 to 40 | |
| 18 to 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 31 | |
| 17 to 21 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.1 | |
| 2.3 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 24 | |
| 17 to 23 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.5 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0.050 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 15 to 17 | |
| 20 to 24 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 5.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 69.6 to 76.4 | |
| 0 to 3.0 |
| Lanthanum (La), % | 0 | |
| 0.0050 to 0.050 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 7.0 to 9.0 | |
| 0.3 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 3.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.5 to 3.0 | |
| 47.5 to 65.2 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.15 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.25 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 13 to 15 |