AISI 301 Stainless Steel vs. Nickel 617
AISI 301 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while nickel 617 belongs to the nickel alloys. They have a modest 27% 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 (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 301 stainless steel and the bottom bar is nickel 617.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 210 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 7.4 to 46 | |
| 40 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 210 to 600 | |
| 220 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 80 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 410 to 860 | |
| 510 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 590 to 1460 | |
| 740 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 230 to 1080 | |
| 280 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 330 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 840 | |
| 1010 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1380 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1330 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 450 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 16 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 1.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.7 | |
| 1.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 13 | |
| 75 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 10 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 39 | |
| 140 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
| 350 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 99 to 300 | |
| 230 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 130 to 2970 | |
| 190 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 52 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 37 | |
| 21 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.2 | |
| 3.5 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 31 | |
| 21 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0.8 to 1.5 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0060 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0.050 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16 to 18 | |
| 20 to 24 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 10 to 15 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 70.7 to 78 | |
| 0 to 3.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 8.0 to 10 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 6.0 to 8.0 | |
| 44.5 to 62 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |