AISI 304LN Stainless Steel vs. Nickel 690
AISI 304LN stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while nickel 690 belongs to the nickel alloys. They have a modest 39% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 304LN stainless steel and the bottom bar is nickel 690.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 190 to 350 | |
| 90 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 7.8 to 46 | |
| 3.4 to 34 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 200 to 440 | |
| 180 to 300 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 79 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 400 to 680 | |
| 420 to 570 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 580 to 1160 | |
| 640 to 990 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 230 to 870 | |
| 250 to 760 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 320 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 960 | |
| 1010 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1380 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1340 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 14 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 1.5 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.7 | |
| 1.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 16 | |
| 50 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.1 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 44 | |
| 120 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 290 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 83 to 270 | |
| 31 to 170 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 140 to 1900 | |
| 160 to 1440 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 41 | |
| 21 to 33 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 31 | |
| 20 to 27 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.0 | |
| 3.5 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 26 | |
| 16 to 25 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 18 to 20 | |
| 27 to 31 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 65 to 73.9 | |
| 7.0 to 11 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 8.0 to 12 | |
| 58 to 66 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.1 to 0.16 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |