AISI 316L Stainless Steel vs. N06230 Nickel
AISI 316L stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while N06230 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys. They have a modest 34% 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 (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 316L 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, % | 9.0 to 50 | |
| 38 to 48 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 170 to 450 | |
| 250 to 360 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 83 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 370 to 690 | |
| 420 to 600 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 530 to 1160 | |
| 620 to 840 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 190 to 870 | |
| 330 to 400 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 310 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 870 | |
| 990 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1370 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1300 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 420 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 8.9 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.3 | |
| 1.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.6 | |
| 1.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 19 | |
| 85 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 9.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.9 | |
| 11 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 53 | |
| 160 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 290 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 77 to 230 | |
| 200 to 330 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 93 to 1880 | |
| 250 to 380 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 12 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 19 to 41 | |
| 18 to 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 to 31 | |
| 17 to 21 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.1 | |
| 2.3 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 25 | |
| 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), % | 16 to 18 | |
| 20 to 24 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 5.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 62 to 72 | |
| 0 to 3.0 |
| Lanthanum (La), % | 0 | |
| 0.0050 to 0.050 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0.3 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.0 to 3.0 | |
| 1.0 to 3.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 10 to 14 | |
| 47.5 to 65.2 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0.25 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 13 to 15 |