AISI 304 Stainless Steel vs. Nickel 718
AISI 304 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while nickel 718 belongs to the nickel alloys. They have 47% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 304 stainless steel and the bottom bar is nickel 718.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 8.0 to 43 | |
| 12 to 50 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 210 to 440 | |
| 460 to 760 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 75 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 400 to 690 | |
| 660 to 950 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 580 to 1180 | |
| 930 to 1530 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 230 to 860 | |
| 510 to 1330 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 310 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 710 | |
| 980 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1340 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1260 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 450 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 16 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 1.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.7 | |
| 1.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
| 75 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.0 | |
| 13 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 43 | |
| 190 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 250 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 86 to 250 | |
| 140 to 390 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 140 to 1870 | |
| 660 to 4560 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 42 | |
| 31 to 51 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 32 | |
| 25 to 35 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.2 | |
| 3.0 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 25 | |
| 27 to 44 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.8 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0060 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 18 to 20 | |
| 17 to 21 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 66.5 to 74 | |
| 11.1 to 24.6 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 2.8 to 3.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 8.0 to 10.5 | |
| 50 to 55 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 4.8 to 5.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0.65 to 1.2 |