AISI 410Cb Stainless Steel vs. Nickel 690
AISI 410Cb stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while nickel 690 belongs to the nickel alloys. They have a modest 22% 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 (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 410Cb stainless steel and the bottom bar is nickel 690.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 200 to 270 | |
| 90 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 15 | |
| 3.4 to 34 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 180 to 460 | |
| 180 to 300 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 79 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 340 to 590 | |
| 420 to 570 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 550 to 960 | |
| 640 to 990 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 310 to 790 | |
| 250 to 760 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 320 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 730 | |
| 1010 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1380 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1340 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 27 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 10 | |
| 14 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 1.5 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.3 | |
| 1.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 7.5 | |
| 50 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.0 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 29 | |
| 120 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 97 | |
| 290 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 70 to 130 | |
| 31 to 170 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 240 to 1600 | |
| 160 to 1440 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 20 to 35 | |
| 21 to 33 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 to 28 | |
| 20 to 27 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 7.3 | |
| 3.5 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 20 to 35 | |
| 16 to 25 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.18 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 13 | |
| 27 to 31 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 84.5 to 89 | |
| 7.0 to 11 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 58 to 66 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.050 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |