AISI 420 Stainless Steel vs. EN 2.4879 Cast Nickel
AISI 420 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while EN 2.4879 cast nickel belongs to the nickel alloys. They have a modest 30% 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 (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 420 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 2.4879 cast nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 8.0 to 15 | |
| 3.4 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 220 to 670 | |
| 110 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 80 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 690 to 1720 | |
| 490 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 380 to 1310 | |
| 270 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 330 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 620 | |
| 1150 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1510 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 27 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 10 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 7.5 | |
| 55 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 8.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.0 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 28 | |
| 120 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 100 | |
| 270 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 88 to 130 | |
| 14 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 380 to 4410 | |
| 180 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 25 to 62 | |
| 16 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 41 | |
| 16 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 7.3 | |
| 2.8 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 25 to 62 | |
| 13 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.15 to 0.4 | |
| 0.35 to 0.55 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 12 to 14 | |
| 27 to 30 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 82.3 to 87.9 | |
| 9.4 to 20.7 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 47 to 50 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 1.0 to 2.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 4.0 to 6.0 |