AISI 410 Stainless Steel vs. N06045 Nickel
AISI 410 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while N06045 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys. They have a modest 37% 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 (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 410 stainless steel and the bottom bar is N06045 nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 16 to 22 | |
| 37 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 190 to 350 | |
| 210 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 330 to 470 | |
| 470 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 520 to 770 | |
| 690 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 290 to 580 | |
| 270 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 350 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 710 | |
| 1010 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1530 | |
| 1350 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1480 | |
| 1300 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 7.0 | |
| 42 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.9 | |
| 6.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 27 | |
| 98 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 100 | |
| 250 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 13 | |
| 28 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 97 to 110 | |
| 200 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 210 to 860 | |
| 180 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 19 to 28 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 to 24 | |
| 22 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 18 to 26 | |
| 18 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.080 to 0.15 | |
| 0.050 to 0.12 |
| Cerium (Ce), % | 0 | |
| 0.030 to 0.090 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11.5 to 13.5 | |
| 26 to 29 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 83.5 to 88.4 | |
| 21 to 25 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 45 to 50.4 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 2.5 to 3.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |