AISI 302 Stainless Steel vs. EN 2.4680 Cast Nickel
AISI 302 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while EN 2.4680 cast nickel belongs to the nickel alloys. They have a modest 28% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 302 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 2.4680 cast nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 210 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 4.5 to 46 | |
| 9.1 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 210 to 520 | |
| 120 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.26 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 84 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 580 to 1430 | |
| 600 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 230 to 1100 | |
| 260 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 350 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 710 | |
| 1050 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1360 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1320 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 16 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 15 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
| 60 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.0 | |
| 9.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 42 | |
| 130 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 350 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 59 to 260 | |
| 45 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 140 to 3070 | |
| 160 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 15 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 51 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 36 | |
| 20 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.4 | |
| 3.7 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 31 | |
| 14 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 17 to 19 | |
| 48 to 52 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 67.9 to 75 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 8.0 to 10 | |
| 42.9 to 51 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 1.8 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.16 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |